4th May @Ardclough GAA
Senior Football League
Division 4 North Round 9
Kilcock 1-14
Ardclough 2-08
A late Kilcock burst earned them a late victory over Ardclough in this Round 9 of the SFL Div. 4 North tie.
Kilcock had a dream start, scrambling the ball to the net after two minutes and added another three unanswered points.
Ardclough though opened their scoring with a fine effort from veteran forward Niall Kearns, and that was followed by further points from Ryan Van Haeften and Barry Molloy.
Kilcock then extended their lead with two more points only for Ardclough’s Van Haeften to palm the ball to the net from close range to give the hosts a big boost approaching the break.
Kilcock’s Cian Mulhall restored his sides three point lead by half-time.
Straight after the restart Andrew Conway had the teams level when he finished to the net, after Barry Molloy’s initial effort came back of the crossbar.
Kilcock out-pointed Ardclough by five points to three in the following exchanges and they looked as though they would pull away.
But Ardclough showed their resolve in fighting back to tag on three more points in a row, from Gary Finneran, Barry Molloy and Andrew Conway.
But four late Kilcock points saw them earn a late victory in a tightly contested game.
Ardclough: Piaras Ó Mídheach; Fergus Burke, John Coulston, Tadhg McCarthy; Cormac McCarthy, Ronan Maguire, Seán Buggy; Barry Molloy, Colm Maguire; Matthew O’Connor, Andrew Conway, Tristan McGarr; Ryan Van Haeften; Niall Kearns, Leo Morgan.
Subs: Gary Finneran for N. Kearns
Scorers: Andrew Conway 1-02, Ryan Van Haeften 1-01, Barry Molloy, 0-03 (1f), , Niall Kearns 0-01, Gary Finneran 0-01
Kilcock: Patrick Connell; Greg Murphy, Brendan Macken, Darren Byrne; Darren O’Connor, Patrick Curtain, Seán Maguire; Andrew Quinn, Ciarán Murphy; Eoin McArdle, John Forde; Ryan O’Connell, Cian Mulhall, Shane Spellman, Declan Gavin
Subs: David Shorthouse for A. Quinn, Michael Stokes for G.Murphy, Maurice Nolan for R. O’Connell
Scorers: Cian Mulhall 1-02 (1f), Ciarán Murphy 0-04 (3f), Declan Gavin 0-03 (1f), Eoin McCardle 0-03 (1f, 2’45), Shane Spellman, Michael Stokes 0-01
Referee: Timmy O’Sullivan
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