Munster Colleges Corn Ui Mhuiri Final
St Brendan’s College Killarney 5-21
HS Clonmel 0-7
ST BRENDAN’S COLLEGE Killarney captured their 21st Corn Uí Mhuirí title at Mallow this afternoon and the scoreline speaks for itself.
The game was probably over as a contest inside the opening few minutes when the Sem’s lethal strike force notched two goals in as many minutes.
Ironically Clonmel got the opening score when Mark Kehoe fetched the throw in and was fouled going through, and Michael O’Reilly converted the free.
St Brendan’s response was immediate and deadly as Dara Moynihan picked up a ball that should have been cleared and parted to Evan Cronin, who drilled the ball low to the Clonmel net.
Then, from the kick-out David Clifford fed corner forward Michael Casey, who slipped the ball low to the net.
Clonmel had no answer to Billy Courtney and Lee O’Donoghue at midfield, and this meant that the St Brendan’s potent attack simply toyed with the Clonmel defence and it could have been much worse.
Points flowed from the boot of Clifford and the towering David Shaw, who enjoyed too much freedom once fullback Stephen Ryan was black-carded in the 25th minute. David Clifford finished to the net just before half time and St Brendan’s retired 3-10 to 0-6 at the interval.
The game fizzled out in the second half as St Brendan’s added six unanswered points inside the opening 10 minutes and it was as one-sided a contest as you are likely to see at this level. Two late goals from William Courtney and another from the penalty spot by Donnchadh O’Sullivan only emphasized the gulf in class between the sides.
St Brendan’s look potential Hogan Cup contenders, though they have yet to be tested.
Scorers:
St Brendan’s College Killarney: D Clifford 1-5 ( 0-2 frees), E Cronin 1-3, M Casey 1-2, D Shaw 0-5, W Courtney and Donnchadh O’Sullivan ( pen) 1-0 each, L O’Donoghue 0-2 ( 0-1 45), A O’Shea 0-2, D Naughton and D Moynihan 0-1 each:
High School Clonmel: M Barlow 0-3 (0-1 free), M O’Reilly 0-2 frees, D Ryan and E Hoctor 0-1:
St Brendan’s College:
David Carroll: Michael Potts, Chris O’Donoghue, Cian Gammell, David Naughton, Daniel O’Brien, Niall O’Donoghue, Lee O’Donoghue, Dara Moynihan, David Clifford, Peter McCarthy, Evan Cronin, David Shaw, Michael Casey:
Subs: David Spillane for Niall Donoghue (40), Donnchadh O’Sullivan for M Casey (40), William Courtney for P McCarthy (48), Adam O’Shea for B Courtney (50), Finbar Murphy for D Shaw (56), Mark O’Shea for C Gammell (58)
High School Clonmel:
Aidan Tobin, Matt Barlow, Stephen Ryan, Gavin Ryan, Gavin Whelan, Kyle Peters, Jake Mulcahy, Mark Kehoe, Eoin Hoctor, Shane O’Meara, Calvin Boland, Michael Hogan, Dara Ryan:
Subs: Sean Martin for Stephen Ryan (B/C 25), Adam Peters for E Hoctor (h/t), Liam Cooney for Matt Barlow (46), Ray Kennedy for S O’Meara (55)
Referee: Kevin Murphy (Cork)
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