St. Fintan’s HS (Dublin) 2-5 Knockbeg College 7-15
Leinster Colleges SFC Round 1
Knockbeg College have advanced to the knockout phase of the Leinster Colleges SFC following victory away in Dublin this afternoon.
Knockbeg College were in charge of this one from the start and built up a big lead by half time.
Ennae Byrne pointed twice before good work from Senan Gallagher led to Ruaidhri Lawlor pointing a third.
St Fintan’s replied with 1-1 but Knockbeg scored two goals either side of the 17th minute via Ballylinan’s Jack Julian and Arles-Killeen’s Ennae Byrne.
Byrne and Lawlor pointed again to leave Knockbeg 2-5 to 1-1 ahead at half time.
Knockbeg introduced Palatine’s Eoin Ryan at half time and he went on to score another two goals.
But it was another sub, Ronan Dooley who got the next goal as he pounced on a rebound from a Ryan effort.
Byrne pointed twice while Jack Julian also scored as Lawlor extrended Knockbeg’s lead with a two-pointer.
Blake Rice and Ryan added goals before the end as Knockbeg won by 25 points in the end.
The victory eliminates St Fintan’s HS of Dublin who lost in Round 1 last month against Colaiste Choilm Tullamore.
Knockbeg College are now through to the preliminary quarter final ahead of their final group game against the aforementioned Offaly side.
Should they win or draw that, they will secure a home tie while if they lose, they will be away.
That game is set to take place on Friday, November 21 and Knockbeg will be at home.
SCORERS: Knockbeg: Ennae Byrne 1-6, Eoin Ryan 2-2, Ronan Dooley 2-0, Ruaidhri Lawlor 0-5, Jack Julian 1-1, Blake Rice 1-0, Jack Doyle 0-1
KNOCKBEG COLLEGE: Cody Tucker (Graiguecullen); Sam McHugh (Palatine), Ross Moran (Tinryland), Senan Gallagher (St Laurence’s); Pa Fitzgerald (Killeshin), Jack Julian (Ballylinan), Jack Doyle (Crettyard); Mikey Byrne (Tinryland), Donnacha Lawlor (St Laurence’s); Jack O’Gorman (Castledermot), Ruaidhri Lawlor (St Laurence’s), Fionn Lawlor (St Laurence’s); Adam Farrell (Killeshin), Ennae Byrne (Arles-Killeen), Jamie Doyle (Tinryland). Subs: Ronan Dooley (Eire Og), Eoin Ryan (Palatine), Dylan O’Dwyer (St Laurence’s), Rory Walsh (Athy), Blake Rice (Killeshin)
ST FINTAN’S: Nicky Sheridan; Kev Cotter, Darragh Heffernan, Timo Tryhorn; Darragh Nolan, Cian Alexander, Sean Hurley; Matthew Clarke, Tom Beary; Chris Nugent, Kyle Comerford, Oisin Kelly; Conor O’Rourke-Jones, Adam Ryan, Ben Flanagan
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