Garrycastle take grip in second half to progress
LEINSTER CLUB IFC QUARTER-FINAL
Garrycastle 0-18, Clonbullogue 0-13
Garrycastle took control of the final quarter, rattled off the last six points in a row, and secured their progress to the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship semi final on Saturday in Gracefield.
The Westmeath champions were 0-11 to 0-8 in arrears at the interval a but proved too strong for the Offaly outfit the longer the game went on with subs Cathal Mannion and James Sheerin having influential impacts.
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Scorers for Clonbullogue: K O'Neill 0-5 (2f), J Guing 0-4 (1f), H Judge 0-2, R O'Neill 0-1, C O’Neill 0-1 (45).
Scorers for Garrycastle: C Cosgrove 0-6 (0-3f), A Monaghan 0-3, M Monaghan 0-2 (1f), J Nugent 0-2, S Brennan 0-2f, E Mulvihill 0-1, C Mannion 0-1, J Dolan 0-1.
CLONBULLOGUE: Aaron Allen; Diarmaid O'Neill, Jamie Quinn, Ryan Dempsey; Harry Judge, Ian Curry, Dylan Quinn; Jack McEvoy, Lee Dempsey; Cian O’Neill, Keith O'Neill, Joe Foran; Jamie Guing, Peter Bennett, Rúairí O'Neill.
Subs: Cian Corcoran for Allen (22), Peter Byrne for Foran (HT), Eoghan Kinsella for Quinn (41), Shane O'Brien for L Dempsey (44), L Dempsey for R O’Neill (56).
GARRYCASTLE: Seán Brennan; Jack Mulvihill, Jack Donohue, Gary McCallon; James Dolan, Mark McCallon, Mattie Guiheen; Eoin Mulvihill, Cian McCarthy; Jason Nugent, Andrew Monaghan, Michael Monaghan; Ben Donegan, Eoin Monaghan, Conor Cosgrove.
Subs: Cathal Mannion for Donegan (HT), James Sheerin for E Monaghan (41), Rory McGowan for McCarthy (56), Jamie Carroll for Cosgrove (60), Ger Heneghan for A Monaghan (60+3).