Aughrim 1-11
t Patrick’s 0-6
Aughrim, who’re nonetheless managing to hold on to AGB on the prime of the Minor soccer championship desk, managed to beat St Pats in a monsoon in Aughrim on Monday night time.
The house facet produced a improbable first-half efficiency to successfully end the tie off. This was led by Joe McGuckian and Alex Kavanagh who have been unplayable even within the horrendous situations.
It was midfielder McGuckian who opened the scoring as he drove ahead from midfield to fireside over an early level.
After this early rating each side battled laborious across the center third to achieve management and it was the house facet that clear;ly received this battle.
Their recreation plan was easy: play lengthy, quick ball into Alex Kavanagh. This paid dividends as he slotted a free and a stunning effort from play.
Because the monsoon started Aughrim received a penalty which Kavanagh took and blazed over the bar. This didn’t faze the house facet as Kavanagh slotted two extra lifeless ball is fast succession as the bottom received greasier which resulted in additional frees.
With seven minutes to go within the half Kavanagh managed to show his defender and bury the ball into the online.
Pats manged to lastly hassle the scoreboard on the finish of the half with two well-taken frees from Lorcan Sinnott. This left seven factors between the perimeters on the break.
The second half was a a lot tighter affair because the situations worsened. It was Sinnott who struck over one other early free earlier than McGuckian replied for the house facet.
Pats have been beginning to win extra soiled ball. This time it was full-forward Daniel Kavanagh who narrowed the hole with a minor.
Aughrim wrestled again management after this because the rain subsided.
The south Wicklow facet landed 4 in a row, the primary coming from McGuckian earlier than Kavanagh landed one from play and one other lifeless ball to increase his facet’s benefit.
The house facet’s remaining rating of the sport from the aforementioned McGuckian after Kavanagh took a fast free which he duly transformed.
The ultimate two scores of the sport have been lifeless balls from Sinnott as he tried to place a gloss on the ultimate rating line.
Aughrim: Mark Shannon; Finn Byrne, Leo Byrne, Ryan Kinsella; Cian Keogh, Oisin Keegan, Charlie O’ Connor; Joseph McGuckian (0-4), Jack Byrne; Lorcan Toomey, Alex Kavanagh, (1-7, 4f, 1 pen), Colm McGuckian; Conaill O’Brien, Dermot Toomey, Mark Murphy. Subs: Cameron Byrne for C O’Brien, Conor Wilson for M Murphy, Layton O’Neill for C McGuckian, John Fanning for F Byrne.
St Pats: Fionn Greene; Ben Bowen, Tom Phelan, Denis O’Brien; Ciaran Mathews, Sam Culleton, Alex Dunne; Alex Sinnott, Ryan McConnell; Charlie Cwzalina, Johnno Moorehouse, Tadgh Lord; Lorcan Sinnott (0-5, 5f), Daniel Kavanagh (0-1), Joshua Butler. Subs: Will Farrell for C Mathews, Stephen Gormley for C Cwzalina, Kacper Lepek for T Lord.
Referee: Brendan Furlong (Tinahely)
