Although the score line indicates otherwise, this was far from a one sided encounter. Played in beautiful summer sunshine on the now wider pitch the exchanges were at times crunching and boiled over on occasion. The result was never in doubt after the Kells side were reduced to 13 men in the second half. Summerhill’s path to success in this Round 4 fixture lay in the willingness to put bodies on the line, defend like demons, moving the ball quickly through the hands and using the expansive playing area to good effect. In particular the home team pushed up on the Kells kick outs and defended deeply from the first ball.
Final score: Summerhill 2-13 to Gaeil Colmcilles 0-4
Half time: Summerhill 1-6 Gaeil Colmcilles 0-2
Venue Summerhill
Team
Tony McDonnell, Ross Ryan, Caolan Young, Padraig Jennings, Jack Bannon, Willie Ryan, John Lavelle, Micheal Byrne,Jamie O’Shea, David Larkin, Conor Lyons, Liam Shaw, Conor Frayne, Paul Larkin,
Subs used: Eamonn McDonnell for Liam Shaw (inj) 42 mins, Cian Devlin for David Larkin 50min, Iarla Hughes for Jack Bannon 54 mins, Paddy McGrath for D McCabe 59 mins, Gavin McVann for Willie Ryan 59 mins.
Scorers:
Conor Lyons 0-6 (4f) Conor Frayne 0-3 David Larkin 1-1 Cian Devlin 1-0 Diarmuid McCabe 0-1, Paul Larkin 0-1, Ross Ryan 0-1.
