LAUNE RANGERS

LOTTO: Lotto Results for Sunday 23rd April. There was no winner of the €12,600 jackpot. The numbers drawn were 11 -- 12 -- 14 -- 24. The Consolation Prizes were won by the following: €100 Tim Coffey, Beaufort -- sold by Kerry; €50 Chris Sheehan -- sold by Pat Foley; €25 Pa O’Sullivan, Groyne; €25 Shane Buckley, sold by Falveys. Next week’s jackpot will be €12,800. SENIOR MEN: Laune Rangers are through to the Semi Final of the County Intermediate Championship, as they defeated Glenflesk away from home in Round Two on Sunday afternoon. The injury to Neil O’Brien in last week’s win in Milltown saw Ryan Keane come in as Rangers only change to their team from the first Round. Glenflesk started well and had the home fans cheering with points from brothers Lee and Jeff O’Donoghue in the opening two minutes. Laune Rangers were not behind for long though, as Connor Clarke struck the net for visitors for a goal to give Rangers the lead. A Dara Roche point for Glenflesk was cancelled out by an excellent score with his left boot for David Costelloe and, after Shane McSweeney had pointed from distance for Rangers, Peter Crowley turned over a ball in the Glenflesk defence and ran in to score a great goal. Jeff O’Donoghue pointed again for Glenflesk, leaving Laune Rangers in the lead by 2-2 to 0-4. The second quarter will be remembered more for misses than scores. Glenflesk’s Brian O’Donoghue put a goal chance wide when it looked certain that the green flag next to Tony Lyons would be raised, and the trend continued as both sides missed a number of chances in the remainder of the half -- Glenflesk putting 7 outside the posts, while Laune Rangers kicked 4 shots wide and dropped four more into the hands of Felim Jacobs in in the Glenflesk goal. Glenflesk did enough to level the game before the break, with O’Donoghues Brian, Lee (2, 1 free) and Jeff all pointing before the short whistle. Half Time Score:- Glenflesk 0-8, Laune Rangers 2-2. Glenflesk took the lead early in the second half with a point from Michael O’Shea, but this was soon reversed as Shane McSweeney and Colm O’Shea kicked fine points to edge Rangers ahead. Laune Rangers were given a great opportunity to extend the lead in the 37th minute, when David Costelloe received a flick pass from Connor Clarke and bore down on goal, before being brought to ground by Jacobs for a penalty -- the goalkeeper very lucky to escape a black card having denied Costelloe a certain goal. John Tyther made no mistake with the spot kick to put his side ahead by four. Glenflesk responded with points in quick succession from Dara Roche and Lee O’Donoghue before Colm O’Shea responded with a free for Rangers. A black card for Johnny Carey then saw Rangers face into the final quarter without their talismanic full back, but with 15 minutes to play, Laune Rangers led Glenflesk by 3-5 to 0-11. Colm O’Shea doubled Rangers’ lead with a brace of frees before the Killorglin men were dealt a hammer blow as John Tyther received his marching orders with a red card for a high tackle. Jeff O’Donoghue added a brace for Glenflesk to leave two points between the sides after 54 minutes. A huge defensive effort from Laune Rangers made up for their reduced personnel on the field, as Aidan Cox, Ronan Sayers, John Sheehan & co broke down the Glenflesk attack time and again. Five minutes of injury time were played when a final long ball was played into the Rangers square, and David Costelloe intercepted a pass to deny the hosts a goal chance before the final whistle was blown. Full Time Score:- Glenflesk 0-13, Laune Rangers 3-7. Glenflesk will rue the missed chances in the first half as they couldn’t capitalize on the extra man for the final quarter. 2016 All Ireland Minor winner Daniel O’Brien carried a lot of ball out of the back, as did Kieran Murphy at midfield in front of him. However, their big three forwards Dara Roche & O’Donoghue brothers Lee and Jeff scored 11 of their team’s total of 13 points between them and stood out for the hosts. Following last week’s excellent attacking display, Laune Rangers found scores much harder to come by against the Glenflesk defence. However, Colm O’Shea was unerring in his score taking from frees and added another from play. John Sheehan once again was outstanding at midfield with Shane McSweeney and Crowleys Peter and Kieran were rock solid when needed most. Patrick Carey completed his fourth game in eight days with a big effort, and continues to grow into Senior football. However, special mention goes to David Costelloe who won a lot of ball up front, scored and excellent point and worked to get back for a game winning interception at the death. Laune Rangers now move on to the Semi Final of the Intermediate Championship, which will take place later in the year. Glenflesk:- Felim Jacobs, Shane Courtney, James McCarrick, Christopher O’Donoghue, Kieran A O’Donoghue, Daniel O’Brien, Brian O’Donoghue, Kieran Murphy, Padraig Healy, Michael O’Shea (0-1), Jeff O’Donoghue (0-5), Danny Lucey, Gavin Kelly, Dara Roche (0-2), Lee O’Donoghue (0-4). Subs: Donal O’Sullivan for Healy, Ian Roche for Kelly, Kieran O’Mahony for K O’Donoghue. Laune Rangers: Tony Lyons, Ronan Sayers, Johnny Carey, Aidan Cox, Ryan Keane, Kieran Crowley, Patrick Carey, Peter Crowley (1-0), John Sheehan, Jack O’Connor, Shane McSweeney (0-2), John Tyther(1-0), David Costelloe (0-1), Connor Clarke (1-0), Colm O’Shea (0-4). Subs: Michael O’Sullivan for J Carey (black card), Fiachra Clifford for O’Connor, Michael F Russell for O’Shea, Padraig Murphy for O’Sullivan. SENIOR FIXTURE: Laune Rangers now go into a break of a few weeks, with the next scheduled game on June 3rd at home to Gneeveguilla in the County League. SENIOR LADIES: Laune Rangers Senior Ladies were defeated on Sunday afternoon by Killarney Legion in the County League Division Three. MINOR: Laune Rangers Minors suffered two defeats away from home in the last week, as their County League Division One campaign came to an end. On Tuesday April 18th, they were defeated by Dr Crokes by 2-15 to 1-11. On Friday last, they were defeated in Dingle by 1-15 to 0-11. UNDER 16 BOYS: Having defeated Churchill in the final round of the Central Region competition the previous Monday evening, Laune Rangers faced An Ghaeltacht in the Division One Semi Final on Sunday evening. Played at JP O’Sullivan Park, Laune Rangers recovered from a slow start where they conceded two early points to level the game in the sixth minute through Matt Leslie and Gabriel Griffin. Griffin had a goal chance saved well by the Ghaeltacht goalkeeper before Shane Doona followed up a point with a well finished goal for Rangers. Jack Evans pointed to leave Laune Rangers leading by 1-4 to 0-2 with 15 minutes played. Laune Rangers dominated the second quarter, and while an Ghaeltacht pointed twice and had two goal chances saved excellently by Ronan Fitzpatrick, the home side pushed on and followed up a Ronan O’Shea point with goals from O’Shea and Roan Moriarty before the break. Half Time score:- Laune Rangers 3-5, An Ghaeltacht 0-4. Gearoid Hassett pointed for Rangers in the early stages of the half before An Ghaeltacht scored a well worked goal to close the gap. An Ghaeltacht scored no more and Laune Rangers closed the game out with a Barry O’Connor point and three more goals -- Shane Doona, Eoin Clifford and an unfortunate own goal completing the scoring. Full Time Score:- Laune Rangers 6-7, An Ghaeltacht 1-4. Laune Rangers move on to the Central Region Under 16 Division One Final, and will play the winner of Austin Stacks vs Na Gaeil in the decider. Laune Rangers: Ronan Fitzpatrick, Evan Madden, Cormac Doyle, Timmy O’Shea, Rory O’Connor, James Hurley, Ronan O’Shea (1-1), Gabriel Griffin (01), Roan Moriarty (1-0), Matthew Leslie (0-1), Shane Doona (2-1), Eoin Clifford (1-0), Barry O’Connor (0-1), Gearoid Hassett (0-1), Jack Evans (0-1). Subs: Peadar Foley, Sean Cleary, Niall Fenton Toms, Stephen Sealey. UNDER 16 GIRLS: Laune Rangers faced Castleisland Desmonds in their first game of the season in the Ladies County Under 16 League on Monday evening. No result at time of submission. UNDER 14 BOYS: Laune Rangers faced Austin Stacks and Ballymacelligott last Wednesday evening in round One of the Féile Peile na nÓg Chiarraí. A defeat to Austin Stacks in the first game was followed by a win against Ballymac to see Rangers qualify with Stacks for the Semi Finals alongside Kilcummin and Dr Crokes. UNDER 14 BOYS FIXTURE: Laune Rangers Under 14 Boys return to the County League this Wednesday evening with home games against Ballymacelligott in Divisions One and Nine. The Division One game will take place in JP O’Sullivan Park, while the Division Nine game will be played in Cloon. Both games throw in at 7pm UNDER 12 BOYS: Laune Rangers three Under 12 teams were all in action away from home in the County League on Sunday evening last. In Division 1A, Laune Rangers Green were defeated by a solitary point in a cracking game. Kilcummin 5-10, Laune Rangers 5-9. Division 1B: Kilcummin 5-11, Laune Rangers 4-10. Divison Nine:- Cordal 5-19, Laune Rangers Gold 3-10.