Navan O’Mahony’s 1-14
Gaeil Colmcille 0-15
Navan O’Mahony’s hung on in the end to make it two from two in the Meath IHC. The game was played in Kilskyre’s impressive club grounds.
Gaeil Colmcille took an early lead when they converted a free in the second minute. Within thirty seconds, Jack Walsh had pointed from play to leave the sides level before Finn Malone took an impressive shot from the corner to put O’Mahony’s ahead.
After ten minutes, Gaeil Colmcille had reclaimed the lead with two pointed frees until Sam Formosa equalised in the thirteenth minute. Gaeil Colmcille looked to be progressing ahead midway through the half when they found the net, only for a square ball to be given and a free out. They took the lead with a free and John Foley denied them another goal scoring opportunity in the twentieth minute.
The sides exchanged points with Keyes pointing a free and Gaeil Colmcille were ahead approaching half time. A brilliant play from Mark Usher to Jack Flynn resulted in a pass to Sam Formosa who rattled the net to give O’Mahony’s a two point lead. The Kells side added another to leave the minimum between the sides at half time.
Navan O’Mahony’s 1-05
Gaeil Colmcille 0-07
Within seconds of the resumption, the sides were level when Gaeil Colmcille pointed immediately from a free. They took the lead again after two minutes with another free.
Points from Keyes and Jack Walsh left O’Mahony’s ahead by a point in the seventh minute and almost ten minutes passed without score. Gaeil Colmcille scored two quick frees to take the lead again midway through the half. O’Mahony’s responded well to this with a free from Keyes and Walsh and a score from play from Malone.
A Gaeil Colmcille free was responded to with a point from Eoghan Nugent from play and the sides exchanged points for the remainder of the game, all from frees. In the final seven minutes of the game, both sides scored three frees with Keyes scoring all three for O’Mahony’s. The last few minutes saw the Brews Hill side work well to prevent the goal that Gaeil Colmcille needed, with strong showing from Finn McNally, Ben McEntagart, Cormac O’Shea, Usher and Flynn to keep the ball out. Wolfe Tones await in the next round.
Navan O’Mahony’s
John Foley, Cormac O’Shea, Ben McEntagart, Finn McNally, Evan Brady, Mark Usher, Dermot McKenna, Jack McConnell,Thomas Cully , Cormac Keyes (0-06, 0-06 frees), Sam Formosa (1-01), Jack Walsh (0-03, 0-01 free), Finn Malone (0-02), Shane McCarthy, Jack Flynn (0-01)
Evan Cully for Cully, Eoghan Nugent (0-01) for McCarthy
