Newport Gaels beat the Éire Óg minor A team with eleven points to spare at a wet Templederry on Thursday evening.
Ger Gavin North Tipperary
Minor A Hurling Championship
Nenagh Éire Óg 3-7
Newport Gaels 2-21
Newport Gaels started well and led 1-1 to no-score after six minutes. Éire Óg responded with a fine left-handed score from Craig Himli in the seventh minute. Newport added two points to their tally before the Newport ‘keeper made a fine save to deny Dylan Walsh a goal in the 12th minute.
Three Anthony Walsh frees dragged Éire Óg back into the game to leave just three between the sides by the 19th minute – seconds later Éire Óg ‘keeper Adam Healy made a superb save to deny Newport Gaels a goal.
Éire Óg tied the game with an Oisín Ryan three-pointer in the 22nd minute following terrific work from Philip Hickey to turn the ball over – 1-4 apiece.
To their credit Newport closed out the half in positive fashion. Following five unanswered points from play the Gaels led 1-9 to 1-4 at the break.
Newport landed a point immediately after the interval to stretch their lead to six, but Éire Óg hit back in the 33rd minute when Anthony Walsh fired home a 21-yard free following a foul on Adam Carey (2-4 to 1-10).
The Gaels hit back with four consecutive points to lead 1-14 to 2-4 by the 43rd minute.
An Adam Carey shot demanded a fine save from the Newport ‘keeper in the 46th minute and Anthony Walsh converted the resultant ’65 to leave six between them.
Newport struck for a game-clinching goal in the 49th minute. Anthony Walsh hit back with a converted free, but Newport then landed three consecutive points to take a 2-17 to 2-6 lead.
Anthony Walsh converted a second 21-yard free in the 59th minute while Adam Carey landed Éire Óg’s second point from play on the hour mark (3-7 to 2-17).
Newport Gaels closed out the game in emphatic fashion with four unanswered points to seal an eleven-point win. Unfortunately Éire Óg also saw a player sent off in the 57th minute.
Great credit is due to Newport Gaels for a fine performance.
This year’s Ger Gavin North Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship is being played on a single group round robin format with the top four teams progressing to the semi-finals. While the Blues lost this encounter with Newport Gaels the Éire Óg lads have already beaten Toomevara, Ballina and Roscrea. The Blues’ remaining group games are against Borris-Ileigh and Kilruane MacDonagh’s.
Nenagh Éire Óg: Adam Healy, Connie Reilly, Brian Flynn, Alex Jones, Aodhán Geaney, Conor Ryan, Gavin O’Connor, Andrew Coffey, Oisín Ryan (1-0), John Cahalan, Anthony Walsh (2-5, 2-4 frees, 0-1 ‘65), Jack Sheedy, Craig Himli (0-1), Philip Hickey, Dylan Walsh. Subs: (HT) Adam Carey (0-1) for Jack Sheedy, (37th) Niall O’Gorman for Gavin O’Connor, (48th) Brian Tuite for Dylan Walsh, (60th) Cathal Whelan for Craig Himli.
Referee: Kieran Timmons (Silvermines).
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