Senior Hurling Championship Erin’s Own 4-23 St Finbarr’s 3-26

Sunday the 17 of July saw Erin’s Own take on St Finbarrs in the next round of the senior hurling championship in Pairc Ui Rinn in what was probably one of the warmest days of the year, Erin’s Own we’re with out the service of some key players in Kilian Murphy, Steven Cronin, Cian O Connor, Cian O Callaghan, James O Flynn, Steven Horgan & Robbie O Flynn either injured or away which led to some other players playing out of position, the Barrs had the dream start to this game with three goals in the first twenty minutes, Erin’s Own kept tipping away with points from the on form Eoghan Murphy & Sean Kelly, the Barrs had only a two point lead at half time in this relatively poor first half, Erin’s Own 0-12 St Finbarr’s 3-05, the second half saw Mossy Carroll goal in the first minute which sparked a bit of life, both sides started to get in to this game the pace was flying & some fine score were coming from both sides in which turned out to be a nail bitter, with minutes to go Erin’s Own were down four points & it was starting to look like the Barrs were going to be the ones to take this, but Eoghan Murphy had different ideas when he found the net Twice once in the 28th minute & the next in the 32nd from a penalty which tied the game at 3-17 a peace, Extra time was needed to try & separate these two sides in which was at this stage a cracker of a game Mossy goaled again & Mark Collins adding three fine points, Cormac Dooley & Shane Murphy were hurling well at the back but the Barrs were still finding the posts & at the end of 70 minutes in this hot sunny afternoon a draw was a fare result although the Barrs will probably feel they left this one after them, Cormac Dooley, Shane Murphy, Sean Kelly, Mark Collins, Mossy Carroll & Eoghan Murphy played well, The Replay is currently fixed for next Sunday the 24th in Pairc Ui Rinn

Team In Full: 1.Shay Bowen 17.Patrick Fitzgerald 3.Shane Murphy 4.Cormac Dooley 5.Cathal O Mahony(0-01) 6.Jack Sheehan 7.Ronan O Carroll 8.Sean Kelly(0-02) 9.James O Carroll(0-01) Colm Coakley 11.Kieran Murphy(0-01) 12.Mark Collins(0-04) 13.Eoghan Murphy(2-11,9 frees & 1 penalty) 14.Mossy Carroll(2-01) 15.Andrew Power(0-02) Subs Used Dara Twomey for Patrick Fitzgerald, Steven Cronin for Ronan O Carroll, Ian O Mahony for James O Carroll & Cian O Connor for Shane Murphy