This was a decent game. Na Fianna always seemed to have enough in hand. A Donal Burke penalty gave them a half time cushion. They were pulling away nicely in the 3rd quarter when half time substitute Con O’ Callaghan grabbed a fantastic goal. He really is a freak, clipped a few points as well. Would make Dublin a real force at hurling if he went at it. Unreal performance considering he probably only had a few sessions. Na Fianna kicked on again after the goal and deserved their winning margin. The win ensures knockout hurling for Na Fianna, while Cuala will have to win their remaining game vs St Brigids and rely on other results in order to progress.
Lucan 0-23
St Brigids 2-15
Only going on a report from this one in O’ Toole patk. Brigids did well to keep this competitive considering all they are missing although two late goals possibly flattered them. The best two players on the field were Lucans Ben Coffey and Brigids Andy Dunphy. Hopefully the new Dublin manager will bring them both up to the senior panel. The win leaves Lucan on three points after two games. Any sort of result in their final two group games should ensure progress to the knockout stages. Brigids are staring down into a relegation battle unless they get a miracle. They should take solace from today though.
This was an entertaining second act of the Parnell park double header between the local rivals. Craobh putting Kevin Hetherton marking his brother John certainly was a match up to watch with Kevin picking up an early yellow for a wild stroke. The opening 10 minutes were close before Vins exerted their dominance to pull out a seven point lead. They were yet again guilty of much profligacy in front of goal and really should have put the game to bed. Craobh to their credit never gave up and brought the game back to a one point game in the second half. A good save from Dara Perry kept Vins ahead along with a Cian McBride goal. His brother Darach was sharp again clipping 4/5 points. It was an exciting finish with a lot of injury time due to a bad injury to a Vins defender. The win secures knockout hurling for Vins, while craobh have a relegation battle to contend with with one game left in the group for both teams.
Ballyboden 1-27
Whitehall 0-15
A Whitehall team without Eoghan O Donnell, Lee Gannon and Cormac Costello were always going to struggle here in the second part of the O’ Toole park double header. They were only two points down at half time but Bodens class finally told with a comprehensive win. Boden should be expected to qualify with games to come vs Judes and Craobh. Whitehalls season will be defined by their final group game vs Judes
Coffey has been outstanding for Lucan all year. He has really come on. Not a great result for them, you’d imagine Cuala will clip Brigids, so that will mean Lucan will need to run Kilmacud and Na Fianna close.
He was the best club forward in Dublin last year in the group stages. I think he got injured then and missed their semi final. I doubt MD knew who he was.
I haven’t heard anything so far regarding Dublin. They generally don’t rush things and keep them well under wraps. The MD appointment being a case in point.
Didn’t hear anything about Laois either, @myboyblue the man in the know there surekt
I’d say Rangers will be kicking themselves. I’d have them down as a better all round team than St Mullins with the conveyor belt they have coming through from U20. As @Fagan_ODowd would say about Kilkenny teams, St Mullins are divils with a sniff of a chance. They have the match winners in their ranks in Mouse, James Doyle, Conor Kehoe, Paddy Boland. They’re still largely relying on the old guard that got them to Leinster Final, 5 years ago.
Rangers season was a bit of a clusterf*ck in a lot of ways. Chris Nolan and Fiachra Fitzpatrick coming back late from US, getting the calculation on their days for clearance for semi final wrong by a day, Fiachra Fitzpatrick getting banned for 12 weeks then without even playing. Their goalkeeping issues in replacing Frank Foley cost them last Sunday too
