Two in a row for Cooley in Drogheda
COOLEY Kickhams picked up a much-needed brace of points when they claimed victory over O Raghallaighs in the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday evening.
There wasn’t much to choose between the teams in the first half but the peninsula side came good in second half and led by the scoring of Emmet Rogan and Fearghal Malone, they went on to win by five points.
The visitors kicked some good points in the first half but the O Raghallaighs worked hard to stay in touch and a goal from Ben Rogan ensured the teams went in at the break level at 1-3 to 0-6.
The home side saw their challenge fade in the second half as Cooley upped the pace and with Aoghain McGuinness and Michael Rafferty also contributing vital scores, they went on to record a comfortable win.
COOLEY KICKHAMS: Neil Gallagher; Luke White, Dean McGreehan, Aoghain McGuinness 0-2; Gerry Malone, Conor Kenny, James O’Reilly 0-1; Patrick Hanlon, Darren Marks; Emmet Rogan 0-4, Peter Thornton, Eoin McDaid 0-1; Michael Carron, Fearghal Malone 0-3, Michael Rafferty 0-2. Subs: Joe Mee, Joesph Quinn, Emmet McGuigan 0-1, Conor McGuinness, Declan Sheelan 0-1.
O RAGHALLAIGHS: Joe Flanagan 0-1; Tomas Callan, Ciaran Brassil, Len Murphy; Scott Byrne, Stephen Murphy, Dean Byrne; Eoin Moore 0-2, Andrew Rogan; Jack Carr, Barry Flanagan 0-1, Olan Walshe; Eoin Morrison, Ben Rogan 1-3, Daniel Morgan. Subs: Ruari Moore, Bryan Smith, Cillian Curran, Sean Gibbons, Matthew Moore, Craig McEnteggart.