Nobber 3-11 St Michaels 0-2

Nobber continued their recent run of good form with this well deserved victory at Carlanstown on Saturday evening.

From Brian Meade popped over the opening score in the first minute Nobbers superiority was never in doubt.Despite losing Brian Farrell to a recurring injury in the 4th minute the forward line clicked into gear with sub Dale Larkin hitting the net in the 6th minute following good approach play from Sean Meade Further scores came from Karl Casserly 0.02 Gerard Campbell 0.01 Brian Meade 0.02 and Dale Larkin chipping in with a further 1.01 his goal coming from a great Paul Meade run and pass.The Michaels responded with points in the 14th and 27th minutes to see Nobber lead 2.07 to 0.02 at the break.

Michaels were first on the scoreboard in the 31st minute which again Brian Meade replied to ,Michaels again pointed but whatever chance they had disappeared when Jamie Owens found the net in the 40th minute with Sean Meade pointing in the 47th and 50th and Owens following up in the 54th minute to round of Nobbers scoring.

Nobber scores: Dale Larkin 2-1, Jamie Owens 1-1, Sean Meade 0-3, Brian Meade.  0-3, Karl Casserly 0-2, Gerard Campbell 0-1

Nobber: B McEntee B Cassidy P Meade P Weldon F McEntee R Shields B Meade A Farrell G Farrelly G Campbell B Farrell B. Heffernan K Casserly J Owens S Meade

Subs: D Larkin for B Farrell, T McEntee for B Cassidy, C Cassidy for R Shields, N Carty for B Meade, D Halpin for B Heffernan, A Shields for K Casserly

ST. MICHAELS MATCH REPORT

St. Michaels 0-8, Nobber 3-11

This local derby will not live long in the memory of the die hard St. Michaels supporters who turned up to watch this match in Carlanstown on Saturday evening last.

A superior Nobber side had it all their own way from the off, however the home side had a reasonable quota of possession but were unable to make it count on the scoreboard but having said that, in mitigation, St. Michaels were without several of their regulars through injury etc. The second half of this match was a tight affair, but the same could not be said of the opening half as Nobber set out their stall straight from the throw-in and had built up a 1-1 on the scoreboard after just six minutes play, this scoring trend continued unabated until referee Peter Sheridan blew the half time whistle with Nobber leading by 2-7 to 0-2, the St. Michaels scores coming from Shane McDonnell and a Ciaran Lynch free.

McDonnell and Lynch got the second half underway with a point apiece in the opening three minutes, however Nobber hit back with a point on 35 minutes and they rattled the back of the net for the third time 5 minutes later to go 3-8 to 0-4 in front. St. Michaels battled on as Nobber began to empty their bench, however scores were hard to come by as their forwards were starved of possession. Matthew Halpin 0-2, McDonnell and Ciaran Lynch 0-1 each was the only reward for the efforts put in by their team-mates. Nobber finished out the game with a further 3 points for a comfortable 12 point victory.

St. Michaels team and scorers: Darren O'Connell, Joe Martin, Jamie Reilly, Sam Briody, Adam O'Brien, Philip Rogers, Matthew Halpin 0-2, Ciaran Lynch 0-3, Peter O'Connell, Paddy Clarke, Ronan Cassidy, Thomas O'Brien, Ben Tobin, Ronan Lynch, Shane McDonnell 0-3. Subs: Kevin Cassidy for Jamie Reilly 30 minutes, Daithi O'Reilly for Ronan Cassidy 55 minutes.

Referee: Peter Sheridan. Report: Pascal Reilly.

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