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CBS Ennis 2-6 – Clarecastle NS 2-5 at Cusack Park, Ennis
A THRILLING Division 1 final that had supporters guessing right up to the final whistle before CBS completed a memorable double with the narrowest of victories. Essentially, with a strong gale blowing towards the Clon Road, it came down to which side could cope best when playing into the conditions and in the end, CBS’ two first half goals from Cathal Ruane and Conor Devitt went a long way to shaping the outcome of the game.
Clarecastle will equally feel hard done by, having held the lead for the first 36 of the 40 minute encounter, starting with an early flourish that yielded a goal for Cian Donnelly and points for Owen O’Hara and David Barry by the seventh minute.
Those settling scores were wiped out by man-of-the-match Cathal Ruane’s solo goal while he also set up the second for Conor Devitt to find the net in the 13th minute and gain parity.
Clarecastle did bounce back before the break however when brothers Stephen and David Barry combined for the latter to find the left corner of the net, with Owen O’Hara completing the first half scoring at 2-4 to 2-0.
It never seemed enough with the conditions to come for the CBS and it was back to a one point game by the turn of the final quarter through points from Ruane (2) and the impressive Matthew Davenport.
A Conor Ryan free did momentarily shrug off the CBS challenge but a brace of points from Colm Walsh O’Loughlin and a Ruane free gave the CBS the lead for the first and indeed final time to take the top prize off the defending champions.
CBS Ennis
Eamon Foudy, Cathal O’Brien, Darren
Meehan, LiamMcMahon, Danny O’Halloran,Tadhg Connellan, Paul Martin, Nzube Okoye, Mikey Whelan, ColmWalsh O’Loughlin (0-2),Tomás Hehir, MatthewDavenport (0-1), Conor Devitt (1-0), Cathal Ruane (1-3 2f),Adrian Forde
Subs
RobbieWoods for Forde (30 mins)
Clarecastle National School
Daragh Dolan, Max Hillery, Lee Brack, Lorcan Clancy, Jack Fleming, Conor Ryan (0-1f), Luke McDermott, Marc McAuliffe, Kevin Hartigan, Colin Bridale, Stephen Barry, Owen O’Hara (0-3 2f), Stephen Kelleher, Cian Donnelly (1-0), David Barry (1-1)
Subs
Daragh Healy for Kelleher (18 mins), Eoin Collins for Fleming (24 mins)
Referee
Fergie McDonagh (St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield)