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Wolfe Tones 1-16 – Tulla 2-13 at Shannon
A LONG RANGE free from Bobby McPhilips deep into injury time was enough to give Wolfe Tonnes a share of the spoils in a closely fought first round match in Shannon on Sunday.
A stunning goal from Tulla’s Daniel O’Halloran with five minutes remaining looked to have given the east Clare side the perfect start to this year’s league campaign, until McPhilips stepped up to tie the match with his long range leveller.
In truth, it would have been rough justice had the Tones lost this match after leading for most of the afternoon’s hurling. The Shannon sides raced into an early lead thanks to a 12th minute goal from Aaron Cunningham and some good scores from Gareth McPhilips and Ronan Hehir.
The Senior B champions were not be overawed however and were still very much in contention at half time thanks to a goal form Mike Murphy and points from Brian Lynch, Aidan Lynch, Andrew Quinn and Raymond Steward.
After coming in just 1-8 to 1-6 down at half time, the east Clare side were within a score of Wolfe Tones for the rest of the match and good second half points from David McInerney, Andrew Quinn, Ciaran Brennan and Dan O’Halloran insured thet they would take something home with them from their opening day trip to Shannon.
Wolfe Tones
Paul Hogan, John Coen, Joe McGauley, John Gillfoyle, George Justice, Bobby McPhilips, Barry Laughnane,Aaron Cunningham, Shane Chambers, Brendan Hughes, Ronan Hehir, Gareth McPhilips, Richie Lillis, Mark Lennon, Daithi O’Connell
Subs
Alan Hehir for R. Hehir, Niall Murphy for Justice, Kevin Mccafferty for Lennon.
Tulla
Philip Brennan, Eugene Cooney, SeanTorpey, John Fahy, Donnacha McNamara, EannaTorpey, Brian Lynch, David McInerney, Cathal Dinan, Kieran Brennan, Michael Murphy,Aidan Lynch, Raymond Stewart,AndrewQuinn, Danny O’Halloran
Subs
Mark Quinn for MMurphy, Conor O’Halloran for Stewart.