JJ Kavanagh County 2017 Under 21 Football Semi Final
Gaultier Ease into County Final
Gaultier 3-16 Dungarvan 0-3
Reigning County champions Gaultier scored a comprehensive win over Dungarvan in the semi final of the 2017 under football championship at Rathgormack last Sunday morning. Dungarvan fared well initially and they trailed by just 0-5 to 0-2 when they lost two key players to injury, John Devine with a broken collar bone and Peter Queally who was accidentally struck unconscious by the referee.
It was always going to be one way traffic after these setbacks for an already depleted Blues outfit heading into the game and Gaultier enjoyed a 0-8 to 0-2 advantage at the break. The winners led from the outset with Dean Kearns and Craig Browne, 0-2(1f) opening the scoring before Dungarvan’s best player Joe Allen kicked two fine pointed frees in return. Wind assisted Gaultier added on a further 0-5 by half time via Dean Kearns, 0-3, Craig Brown (f) and centre back Steven Lynch.
The game was put to bed in the 36th minute when David Cullinane was first to react to Callum O Neill’s blistering shot back off the crossbar to claim his side’s first goal. The second arrived midway through the half and another at the death, both by Craig Browne, in addition to some well kicked points via David Jones and subs Darragh O Keeffe and Conor Cullinane produced the above one sided scoreline.
Dungarvan produced a spirited performance to the end but they just did not possess a panel to put it up to a club with such an array of players as Gaultier.
Gaultier will now meet the winners of the Nire v Ballinacourty semi final at a Western venue in the 2017 County final.
Gaultier’s Top Three : Craig Browne, Dean Kearns, Stephen Lynch.
Dungarvan’s Top Three : Joe Allen, Mick Devine, John Curran.
Observer’s Man of the Match : Craig Browne.
Number of Scorers : Gaultier : 7. Dungarvan : 1.
Scores From Play : Gaultier : 3-11. Dungarvan : 0-0.
Frees For : Gaultier : 16. Dungarvan : 27.
Wides : Gaultier : 7. Dungarvan : 6.
Score of the Match : Gaultier’s 36th minute goal engineered by Callum O Neill and executed by David Cullinane.
Scorers :
Gaultier : Craig Browne 2-6(4f), Dean Kearns 0-4, David Cullinane 1-0, Darragh O Keeffe 0-2(1f), Stephen Lynch, David Jones and Conor Cullinane 0-1 each.
Dungarvan : Joe Allen 0-3f.
Teams :
Gaultier : Patrick Lambe; Nick Ryan, Dale Cullinane, Jamie Burke; Darragh Lynch, Stephen Lynch, Sean Kelly; Gary Cullinane, David Dawson; Dean Kearns, Craig Browne, Cathal Ryan; Callum O Neill, David Cullinane, David Jones. Subs : Darragh O Keeffe, Conor Cullinane, Jack O Sullivan, Darragh Lynch, Killian Jones, Sean Hogan.
Dungarvan : John Havens; Kealan Daly, Peter Queally, Jack Lacey; John Curran, Aaron Donnolly, John Devine; Joe Allen, Mick Devine; Mark Boland, Patrick Curran, Joe Duggan; Luke O Callaghan, Brendan Cullinane, James Kiely. Subs : Stephen Donovan, Conor Sheehan, Conor Duggan.
Referee : Tom Dee (John Mitchels).
