KILNADEEMA-LEITRIM (Galway) 1-9
ROWER INISTIOGE (Kilkenny) 1-16
(After Extra-time)
KILKENNY’S ROWER INISTIOGE were crowned All-Ireland Club Intermediate champions after extra-time in this evening’s final at Croke park.
They made hard work of their win over Galway’s Kilnadeema-Leitrim, but they finished the second ten-minute period of extra-time strongly to get over the line.
Kilnadeema’s brilliant Brian Molloy had a late chance from a 20-metre free with three between the teams, but his shot was smothered.
This seemed to free up Rower and they closed out the game with four quick-fire unanswered point.
Joe Lyng looked to have won it for Rower when he fired over a great point on the move as the seconds ticked down in normal time.
But with the last puck of the hour, bar the resulting puck-out, 18-year-old Molloy showed nerves of steel to convert a difficult free to leave the scored 1-8 apiece and force the extra 20 minutes.
Rower only led by a point at the half-time despite dominating the the opening period of the game and this was because they hit eleven wides before the interval to their opponents’ two.
In their defence, the wind was howling and the rain was hammering down but a 0-4 to 0-3 lead was poor return for al the work they put in.
Rower Inistioge scorers: Ciaran Ryan 1-0, Paul Sheehan 0-4 (0-2f, 1 ’65’), Joe Lyng 0-3, James Cassin, David Lyng 0-2 each, Michael Grace 0-2 (0-2f), Ruairi Galavan, Tom Murphy each, Conor Joyce 0-1 (0-1 sideline)Kilnadeema-Leitrim scorers: Brian Molloy 0-5 (0-1f, 0-1 sideline), Liam Geraghty 1-1, Dara Herlihy 0-2, Tom Tierney 0-1
ROWER INISTIOGE: Liam Tierney; Eoin Doyle, Sean Cummins, James Doyle; Ruairi Galavan, Kieran Joyce, Sean Lyster; Sean Grace, Joe Lyng; Michael Grace, David Lyng, Padraig Tierney; Cathal Bolger, Tom Murphy, Ciaran Ryan.
Subs: C Joyce for Bolger (35); Paul Sheehan of M Grace (45); James Cassin for Sean Grace (55); Tadhg Leahy for E Doyle (70).
KILNADEEMA-LEITRIM: Kevin Boyle; Patrick Deely, Darragh O’Donoghue, Mark Kelly; Garry Winters, Eamon Hyland, Aidan Spaight; Dara Herlihy, David Tierney; Damien Donohue, Alvin Mitchell, Michael Donohue; Tom Tierney, Brian Molloy, Shane Lawless.
Subs: Liam Geraghty for D Donohue (35).
REFEREE: F Horgan (Tipperary)
