Kildalkey 2-9 Kilmessan 1-11

Last years finalists Kildalkey welcomed Kilmessan to Fr Plunkett Park on Sunday morning for this Donal O Lionsigh Cup first round game in wet conditions and hung on for a 1 point win in the finish as Kilmessan pushed hard in a hard fought game.

Kildalkey made a good start with Cian Colhoun hitting 2 long range points either side of a Cameron Smith point from the left wing. Mattie Cully and Ciaran Browne pushed them further ahead but Kilmessan hit 2 frees.

Lee Coldrick pounced for a goal after some good work from Michael O Donnell and Mattie Cully hit the last 2 frees to leave it 1-7 to 0-2 at the break.

Kilmessan introduced a few subs to great affect and put pressure on the hosts hitting the first 4 points before Mattie Cully hit over a free before Stephen Murray popped up for an opportunistic goal on the ground to leave 6 in it 2-8 to 0-8 but Kilmessan weren’t finished and hit back for a goal of their own Cully put his team on 2-9 but Kilmessan closed it to 1 point and after a few hairy minutes of injury time the defence held firm and held on just about for a one point win.

Kildalkey had good displays from Liam Carroll, Aaron Traynor, Kevin Murray, Ross Thompson, Lee Coldrick and the 5 minors from last year who made their adult debut all played well and didn’t look out of place Jamie Kavanagh, Conor McNally, Cameron Smith, Shay Diggins and Mark Hand 

All have a bright future ahead 

Kildalkey team and scorers: C Barry, C McNally, A Traynor, K Murray, M Browne, L Carroll, C McGourty, C Colhoun (0-2), J Kavanagh, S Diggins, M Cully (0-5)(4f), C Browne (0-1), S Murray (1-0), L Coldrick (1-0), C Smith(0-1)

Subs: M O Donnell for C Barry, R Thompson for C McGourty, A O Brien for M Browne, D Ryan for M O Donnell, M Hand for C McNally, J Masterson for C Browne 

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