Senior Hurling Championship QF: Erins Own 1-11 Blackrock 1-08, 11/09/2016
On Sunday the 11th of September Erins Own met Blackrock in the quarter final of this year’s senior county in Pairc Ui Rinn, weather conditions were poor with strong winds & heavy rain for the hour made things very greasy & hard to hurl, Eoghan Murphy opened the scoring for Erins Own with a 65 & he followed with another from a free, James O Flynn was showing his strength at full forward with some strong runs & to his credit scored a goal & two points in the first half, Sean Kelly & Colm Coakley who scored a point were hurling well at midfield, Robbie O Flynn had some lively bursts out on the wing he also pointed in the first half to give a lead at half time of 1-06 to 4 points, Shane Murphy put in a fine hour at centre back as did Cormac Dooley at full back, Shay bowen who was solid between the posts made the save of the season when he was called on to dive the width of the goals to deny the Rockies a goal which would have brought them back in to the game, Blackrock were struggle to score with 15 wides throughout the game, Eoghan Murphy put over two more 65’s & Kieran Hero Murphy added two fine points deep in the second half, Blackrock were given a life line when they found the net in the 29th minute & despite all their wides the gap had closed to two points, Eoghan Murphy put over another point from a free in injury time which was to be the final score of the game & to give Erins Own a win of 3 points, this was a hard game of hurling for both sides in terrible conditions, But it was a game that saw Erins Own lead from start to finish & to give a deservable win & a spot in the semi final against Midleton, Shay Bowen, Shane Murphy, Sean Kelly, Colm Coakley, Robbie O Flynn, James O Flynn & Kieran Murphy played well for Erins Own
Team in Full: 1.Shay Bowen 2.Cian O Connor 3.Cormac Dooley 4.Jack Sheehan 5.Stephen Cronin 6.Shane Murphy 7.Cathal O Mahony 8.Colm Coakley(0-01) 9.Sean Kelly 10.Robbie O Flynn(0-01) 11.Mossy O Carroll 12.Mark Collins 13.Eoghan Murphy(0-05) 3 x 65’s 2 frees 14.James O Flynn (1-02) 15.Kieran Murphy(0-02) Subs used: Andrew Power for Mark Collins & Cian O Callaghan for Colm Coakley
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