Monasterevan win with ease against Kilcullen in IFC
The Blues dominate from start to finish
Monasterevan had a comfortable win over Kilcullen in the opening game at Cedral St Conleth’s Park, this afternoon, in Kildare Round 1 Group B of the National Electrical Wholesalers IFC.
Despite the sides being level at 0-4 apiece after 13 minutes, it was from here on that The Blues took complete control hitting three two-pointers from Charlie White (free) and Conor Lonergan, one free and one from play.
The only goal of the opening half came just on the break with Noah Barry linking up with full forward Paul Maloney who made no mistake from close range which left the half-time score reading Monasterevan 1-12 Kilcullen 0-4.
The second half continued on a similar pattern with Paul Moloney adding a second goal and while Kilcullen did raise a green flag through a palmed effort from Dan Coughlan there was no stopping Monasterevan who won as they pleased on a final score line of Monasterevan 2-17 kilcullen 1-8.
Scorers: Monasterevin, Paul Moloney 2-2 (1 free), Conor Lonergan 0-6 (1 two-pointer, 1 two-pointer free), Noah Barry 0-3, Charlie White 0-2 (1 two-pointer free), Sean Kavanagh 0-1, JD Earley 0-1, Dan Molloy 0-1, Mark Kelly 0-1.
Kilcullen, Donagh McKivergan 0-7 (1 two-pointer, 1 two-pointer, 1 free), Dan Coughlan 1-0, Ciaran Melinn 0-1.
MONASTEREVIN: Cathal White; Adam Barry, Cormac Stapleton, Daryl Dunne; DJ Earlley, Eoin Stapleton, Dan Molloy; Sean Kavanagh, Adam Brennan; Kealan Meredith, Conor Lonergan, Noah Barry; Mark Kelly, Paul Maloney, Wayne Freeman.. Subs: Hayden Kemmy for Mark Kelly (46 minutes); Adam Kavanagh for Dan Mollooy (52 minutes); Rhys O’Reilly for Adam Barry (57 minutes).
KILCULLEN: Cormac Barker; Daragh Burke, Jack Dooley, Jack Redmond; Turlouch Donnelly, Scott Fleming,, Cathal Brophy; Sean Knight, Ciaran Melinn; Sean Hurley, Donagh McKivergan, Jamie Buckley; Ciaran O’Brien, Paudy Clare, Dan Coughlan. Subs: Conor Bolton for Turlouch Donnelly (half-time); Paul Bell for Paudy Clarke (39 minutes)); Thomas Hickey for Jamie Buckley (39 minutes); Eddie O’Loughlin for Conor Bolton (42 minutes); Tom Maloney for Sean Hurley (61 minutes).
REFEREE: Jamie Lyons.