Kildare school lose but advance in Bosco Cup

SCOIL Mhuire Clane lost their Round 3 Group 5 game to Knockbeg College at the SETU Complex in Carlow on Thursday afternoon but they will still advance to the Bro Bosco Preliminary Quarter Final a Group runners-up. They will face reigning Leinster and All Ireland Champions, Colaiste Mhuire, Mullingar in about two weeks while Knockbeg will a home game against Colaiste Eoin of Stillorgan.

Thursday’s game was switched late on as the original venue, Netwatch Cullen Park, became unavailable on the morning of the game. The game also acted as the South Leinster League “A” Final so all the spoils went to the Carlow school on the day.

Both teams featured players from the successful Kildare Leinster minor winning team of this year while Knockbeg also featured minors from Laois and the home county of Carlow.

Knockbeg led by 2-5 to 0-9 at the break. Grangenolvin’s Aodhán Bergin got Knockbeg’s opening goal at

the end of the first quarter while Ronan Dooley added a second in the 19th minute.

Excellent two-pointers for Clane from Logan Tennyson (free) and Jack Doran kept them very much in touch throughout the first half.

Knockbeg outscored the Clane school 2-12 to 0-3 in the second half. Greg Kelly and Senan Gallagher of Castledermot as well Fionn and Donnacha Lawlor of St Laurence’s were prominent in play and on the scoreboard for Knockbeg in that strong second half showing.

Scoil Mhuire could only manage three points in that second half, one each from Eoghan Lyons and Aidan Tobin and the hard working, Callum Dunne.

Fourth quarter goals from Aaron Mackey and substitute, Eoghan Harris put paid to any Scoil Mhuire comeback.

Scorers, Knockbeg College: Mark Buggy 0-6 (1 X 2pt free, 1 free), Aaron Mackey 1-1, Ronan Dooley 1-1, Eoghan Harris 1-1, Aodhán Bergin 1-0, John Hendricken 0-2 (1 X 2pt), Greg Kelly 0-2, Senan Gallagher 0-1, Fionn Lawlor 0-1, Donnacha Lawlor 0-1, Luke Byrne 0-1.

Scoil Mhuire, Clane: Logan Tennyson 0-4 (1 X 2pt free, 1 X ’45), Callum Dunne 0-3, Jack Doran 0-2 (1 X 2pt), Eoghan Lyons 0-2, Aidan Tobin 0-1,

KNOCKBEG COLLEGE: Mark Dowling (Crettyard); Hugh Wall (Arless Kileen), Senan Gallagher (St Laurence’s), John Hendricken (Palatine); Fionn Lawlor (St Laurence’s), Fionnan Brennan (Crettyard), Ronan Dooley (Ėire Óg); Cormac McConnon (Palatine), Donnacha Lawlor (St Lawrence’s); Michael Brennan (Crettyard), Greg Kelly (Castledermot), Aaron Mackey (Arles Kilcruise); Luke Byrne (Palatine), Mark Buggy (Palatine) 0-6, Aodhan Bergin (Grangenolvin). Subs: Tadgh Murnane (Castledermot) for Fionnan Brennan, Eoghan Harris (Arless Kileen) for Luke Byrne, Darragh Brennan (Crettyard) for Aaron Mackey, Eolann Maguire (Arles Kilcruise) for Ronan Dooley, Nisun Balogun (Killeshin) for Aodhán Bergin.

SCOIL MHUIRE CLANE: Joe Crotty (St Kevin’s); Jamie Mooney (St Kevin’s) Cillian Delaney (St Kevin’s), Art Ormsby (Clane); Jack Doran (Clane) 0-2, Adam Corbett (Clane), Barry Fitzpatrick (Clane); Aidan Maddock, Rory Óg Maguire (Clane); Ryan Bagnall (Robertstown), Aidan Tobin (Allenwood), Eoghan Lyons (Clane); Callum Dunne (St Kevin’s), Logan Tennyson (St Kevin’s) 0-4, Callum Fogarty (Clane). Subs: Oscar Heffernan (Clane) for Barry Fitzpatrick, Adam Smyth (St Kevin’s) for Rory Óg Maguire; Calvin Fetherstone (Allenwood) for Ryan Bagnall, Jack Fielding (Clane) for Jamie Mooney, Conor Bagnall (Allenwood) for Callum Fogarty.

REFEREE: Maurice Deegan (Laois).