23-03-2013
St Senans 2-13Moyvane 3-03
St Senans opened their
2013 Credit Union County Senior Football League Division 4 campaign with a
comfortable win over North Kerry rivals Moyvane in a windswept Mountcoal.
In the very testing
conditions this was always going to be a game of two halves and so it proved. However, St Senans greater scoring power in
their full forward line allowed them to build up a large enough half time lead
of 1-11 to 0-2 and hard and all as Moyvane tried in the second half they could
not bridge the gap.
With the aid of the
very strong wind, St Senans wasted no time in getting in to their stride and by
the 6th minute they had opened up a 0-4 to 0-0 lead with three
points from play and a converted free.
Moyvane were really struggling to get out of their own half and the
strength of the wind they were playing against was highlighted when a 45 taken
by wing back Shane Stack was held up in the wind and dropped just outside the
20 metre line.
Moyvane did open their
account in the 10th minute with a point from a free by corner
forward Timmy Noonan. However, St Senans
rattled off five more quickfire scores from play, the pick of from impressive
corner forward Darragh Kennelly, to extend their lead to 0-9 to 0-1 by the 21st
minute.
James Flavin had
Moyvane’s first scoring chance in thirteen minutes but was wide from a free
whereas the home side were a lot more clinical with their opportunities and
extended their lead with two further scores to lead by 0-11 to 0-1 by the 26th
minute.
And matters went from
bad to worse for Moyvane in the 27th minute when they conceded a
penalty and in the process corner back Timmy Kennelly had to be replaced with a
serious looking ankle injury. Wing
forward John Barry made no mistake from the spot kick and the uphill battle had
now become a mountain for the Moyvane men.
Wing forward Ian McCarthy had the final score of the half for the
visitors from a free to leave St Senans leading at half time by 1-11 to 0-2.
Moyvane switched
Cathal O’Connor out to midfield at the start of the second half in an attempt
to kick start their efforts with the aid of the very strong wind. However, their hopes were dashed straight
from the throw in when St Senans carried the ball in to the wind, and after
some lax defending, midfielder Jason Browne was on hand to take the final pass
and calmly slot the ball to the net.
Their lead had now been stretched to an unassailable 2-11 to 0-2.
The trademark Moyvane
spirit was certainly now required to bring some respectability to the scoreline
and credit to Shane Stack and Donal Leahy who started to bring the ball out
from the back and take the game to their opponents. The long, direct, quick ball in to full
forward Diarmuid Leahy also began to pay dividends, and after a great catch by
Leahy in the 33rd minute he laid off to DJ Keane who kicked
Moyvane’s first score from play. Leahy
repeated the dose a minute later and fed Ian McCarthy who finished to the net
to reduce the deficit to 2-11 to 1-3.
The home side were now
struggling to score from distance in to the wind and were therefore playing the
ball in as close to goal as possible but the final pass let them down on
occasions and also their shooting began to go astray a little. They had a good goal chance in the 41st
minute which was blazed wide but they did get their first score of the second
half with a point from play in the 48th minute to extend their lead
to 2-12 to 1-3.
Both sides failed to
create any clear cut scoring chances over the next ten minutes as the game
began to fizzle out. A converted free in
the final minute by St Senans looked to be the final act of the game but credit
to Moyvane who kept battling away and they were rewarded in injury time with
goals from Aidan Keane from a penalty and a further effort from the hard
working Donal Leahy to leave St Senans the winners on a scoreline of 2-13 to
3-3.
The St Senans management
will be pleased that their charges have got their campaign off to a winning
start in such testing conditions.
Darragh Kennelly was ever dangerous in the full forward line while
midfielder Jason Browne was my man of the match for his overall ball winning,
distribution and the composure to finish his goal so well. For Moyvane, it was a difficult start for
them, and in a very competitive division, the management team will be hoping
that they can get some of their more experienced players back in to the team to
kick start their campaign.
Moyvane:
D. Fitzmaurice, T. Kennelly, B. Madden, PJ.
Reynolds, S. Stack, M. Mulvihill, N. Sheehan, Donal Leahy (1 gl), J.J.
Mulvihill, J. Flavin, C. O’Connor, I. McCarthy (1 gl, 1 free), T. Noonan (1
free), Diarmuid Leahy, D.J. Keane(1 pt)
Subs: A. Keane (1 gl, Pen.) for T. Kennelly, K.
Kennelly for J. Flavin, PJ stack for T. Noonan
Man of
the Match: Jason Browne, St Senans
Referee: Tom O’Sullivan
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