O Raghallaigh’s stage comeback

O Raghallaighs made it two wins out of two with a thrilling comeback at home to St Fechins.

The visitors took the lead through Ronan Holcroft after two minutes and although the hosts levelled, the Fechins upped the pace and points from Holcroft and Niall Devlin were followed by a goal from Holcroft in the sixth minute to open up a gap between the teams.

The home team replied with a goal from Alan Doyle but before the break Niall Devlin hit the net for the Fechins to give them a 2-7 to 1-3 lead at half time.

The home team started the second half with a strong wind, but St Fechins were first to get off the mark with a point in the second minute point from Jamie King, that was the last score from the visitors until the 25 minute.

O Raghallaighs took control of the match from the seventh minute to the 24th minute with five points and a goal from Ben Rogan to take the lead. In a tense finale a late point sealed victory for the O Raghallaighs.

O RAGHALLAIGHS: Joe Flanagan; Tomas Callan, Ciaran Brassil, Len Murphy; Eoin Moore, Dean Byrne (0-1), James Moonan; Robert Mulroy, Chris Smith; Alan Doyle (1-0), Barry Flanagan (04), Jack Carr; Cillian Curran (0-1), Ben Rogan (1-0), Ruairi Moore (0-3). Subs: Daniel Morgan (0-3), John Matthews, Emmet King, Cameron Griffin, Liam Hanna, Pearse Rice, Conor Higgins, Eoin Morrison, Andrew Rogan.

ST FECHINS: Niall McDonnell; David Collier, Niall McCabe, Paul Dillon; Conor Haughney, Colm O’Neill, Leo McGrane; Brian Devlin, Donal Ryan; Matthew Flanagan, Paul Mathews, Bevan Duffy 0-1; Jamie King 0-1, Niall Devlin 2-2, Ronan Holcroft 1-6. Subs: Sean McConnell, Harry Haughney, Karl McDonnell, Niall Carolan, Gerry Campbell.