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Clooney/Quin 0-13 – Crusheen 0-12 at Crusheen
WHAT WAS expected to be little more than shadow boxing ahead of the championship clash at the end of May actually turned out to be quite costly for both sides in terms of injuries which overshadowed the narrow victory for the traveling side. After suffering several injuries against Whitegate last time out, Clooney/ Quin’s jinx continued on Monday, albeit that it spread to the county champions as well with a total of five players being forced to retire early due to injury.
Otherwise, it was a typically tight derby game that was somewhat dour until the final 20 minutes when the tension heightened with the game in the balance. Indeed, the sides were locked on nine occasions during the game before Fergal Lynch continued his recent good form to pop up with the winning point in the 61st minute and break Crusheen’s unbeaten record in the process.
Inbetween the injuries, the visitors opened up a 0-5 to 0-4 half-time advantage with substitute Peter Duggan and John Earls scoring a brace each and Lynch got the other point while the home side looked to Joe Meaney to keep them within a point while David Forde also got in on the scoring action.
The second half continued in the same vein with never more than two points separating the sides at any stage. Ciaran O’Doherty converted three frees that were equalled by Peter Duggan’s placed balls skills including a sideline and as the game moved into injury-time, a draw seemed like the most logical outcome. Up stepped Fergal Lynch however to take the spoils and give his side a welcome boost ahead of their championship rematch in Round 2.
Clooney/ Quin
Damien O’Halloran,Tony McMahon, Shane McNamara, Brian McInerney, Adrian Fleming, Cillian Duggan, Enda Harrison, Sean Conheady, Padraig Ward, Cathal Egan, Mike McNamara, Ronan Gallagher, Martin Duggan, Fergal Lynch (0-3), John Earls (0-3)
Subs
SeanWard for P.Ward (inj), Mike Daffy for S. Ward (Inj), Peter Duggan (0-7 1/sl) for C. Duggan (inj), Ruairi McNamara for Fleming
Crusheen
Donal Tuohy, John Brigdale, Cronan Dillon,Alan Brigdale, Ciaran O’Doherty (0-3 2f), Cian Dillon, Cathal Dillon,Tony Meaney, Fergus Kennedy (0-1), Gearoid O’Donnell, Joe Meaney (0-5 1f), David Forde (0-2), Paddy Meaney, Gerry O’Grady (0-1), Conor O’Donnell
Subs
Jamie Fitzgibbon for P. Meaney,AlanTuohy for G. O’Donnell, Patrick O’Grady for Forde (inj), Jason Greene for Cronan Dillon (inj)
Referee
AndrewMonahan (Tubber)