Eire Og dominate Carnew
at Pearse’s Park, Arklow
Strangely, despite all their possession, Eire Og were merely three points to the good at this stage. James Delahunt added one from play but Billy Rickerby responded for Carnew. James Smullen knocked over a further two points from play before the break to leave Eire Og in the lead by 0-8 to 0-3. Carnew must have felt that they could come back into the game in the second period given that they were only five points adrift.
However, that is not how things panned out. Daniel Webb had the ball in the Carnew net after four minutes.
James Smullen and Sean Lawless added two points by eight minutes and now the gap was up to ten points. Michael Collins steadied things for Carnew with a point from play and then John Joe Myers buried a great goal in the tenth minute to give Carnew a welcome lift.
On the three quarter hour mark Eoin McTeague pointed again for Eire Og and one minute later Sean Lawless finished the game as a contest when he goaled from close in. Carnew finished their tally with two further points from John Kavanagh and substitute Jody Byrne. The seasiders ran in four points in the last six minutes from Daniel Webb, Sean Lawless, Eoin McTeague and Webb again.
Scorers – Eire Og: Sean Lawless 1-3, James Smullen 0-5, Daniel Webb 1-2, Eoin McTeague 0-2, Mick Dunne 0-1. Liam Maguire 0-1, James Delahunt 0-1.
Carnew: John Joe Myers 1-0, John Kavanagh 0-2, Michael Collins 0-2, Billy Rickerby 0-1, Jody Byrne 0-1.
Eire Og: Eoin English; Matt Maguire, Pat Egan, Liam Maguire; Mick Dunne, Leon Browne, James Woods; Dave Behan, Anto Byrne; Cian O’Flaherty, James Connolly, Eoin McTeague; Sean Lawless, James Smullen, James Delahunt. Subs: Daniel Webb for Cian O’Flaherty, Mick Walsh for David Behan, Sean O’Mahony for James Scullion, Gavin Purcell for James Woods.
Carnew: Dermot Doran; Graham Byrne, John Walsh, Sean Mulhall, Sean Mulhall; Stephan Murphy, Paul Nolan, Richard O’Hara; Jack Kearney, Billy Richerby; John Kavanagh, Drew Brennan, Michael Collins; J.J. McCrea, John Joe Myers, Michael Osbourne. Subs: Jody Byrne for Michael Osbourne, Thomas Collins for Stephan Murphy, Darragh Kelly for J.J. McCrea, J.J. McCrea for John Kavanagh (inj).
Referee: Darragh Byrne (Ballymanus).