IT TOOK TYRONE extra-time before they eventually booked their place in the All-Ireland minor football semi-final with a two-point this afternoon over Kerry in Croke Park.
Tyrone needed a last-gasp point by Stephen McGrath in normal time to tie the teams at 1-9 to 0-12 in this quarter-final tie.
The Red Hands had finished normal time with 13 men after Christopher Morris and Ruairi McGlone were both sent-off for second bookable offences in the second-half of the game.
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They kicked on in extra-time then to triumph despite missing a penalty when Lee Brennan’s shot was saved by Kerry net minder Shane Ryan.
Tyrone had lead by 0-15 to 1-11 at the midway mark of normal time and then Kerry’s star forward Jack Savage, who hit 1-8 during the game, tied the teams with a a pointed free.
But Philip Donnelly and Conor McKenna landed the crucial points to seal Tyrone’s passage into the last four.
Tyrone shipped an early goal in the first-half to Savage yet recovered to lead by 0-9 to 1-4 at the interval.
However Kerry produced a really strong second-half display with Savage, Conor Keane and Killian Spillane grabbing scores that looked set to propel them to victory before Tyrone’s late fightback.
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Scores for Tyrone: Stephen McGrath, Lee Brennan (0-2f) 0-4 each, Conor McKenna (0-1 ’45), Philip Donnelly (0-1 ’45) 0-2 each, Shea Hamill, Christopher Morris, Ronan Nugent, Daire Gallagher, Ruairi McGlone 0-1 each.
Scores for Kerry: Jack Savage 1-8 (0-7f), Conor Keane 0-2, Fionan Clifford, Killian Spillane 0-1 each.
TYRONE: Sean Fox; Colm Byrne, Rhys Quinn, Cillian McCann; Shea Hamill, Christopher Morris, Padraig McGirr; Ronan Nugent, Frank Burns; David Mulgrew, Conor McKenna, Daire Gallagher; Lee Brennan, Ruairi McGlone, Stephen McGrath.
Subs: Philip Donnelly, Cathal McShane, Che O’Donnell, Sean Fox.
KERRY: Shane Ryan; Fionan Clifford, Cathal Ó Luing, Pádraig Ó Conchúir; Matthew Flaherty, David Foran, Sean T Dillon; Greg Horan, Conor Jordan; Michéal Burns, Jack Savage, Éanna Ó Conchúír; Conor Keane, Shane O’Connor, Killian Spillane.
Tyrone claim All-Ireland minor quarter-final extra-time win over Kerry
Tyrone 0-17
Kerry 1-12
IT TOOK TYRONE extra-time before they eventually booked their place in the All-Ireland minor football semi-final with a two-point this afternoon over Kerry in Croke Park.
Tyrone needed a last-gasp point by Stephen McGrath in normal time to tie the teams at 1-9 to 0-12 in this quarter-final tie.
The Red Hands had finished normal time with 13 men after Christopher Morris and Ruairi McGlone were both sent-off for second bookable offences in the second-half of the game.
They kicked on in extra-time then to triumph despite missing a penalty when Lee Brennan’s shot was saved by Kerry net minder Shane Ryan.
Tyrone had lead by 0-15 to 1-11 at the midway mark of normal time and then Kerry’s star forward Jack Savage, who hit 1-8 during the game, tied the teams with a a pointed free.
But Philip Donnelly and Conor McKenna landed the crucial points to seal Tyrone’s passage into the last four.
Tyrone shipped an early goal in the first-half to Savage yet recovered to lead by 0-9 to 1-4 at the interval.
However Kerry produced a really strong second-half display with Savage, Conor Keane and Killian Spillane grabbing scores that looked set to propel them to victory before Tyrone’s late fightback.
TYRONE: Sean Fox; Colm Byrne, Rhys Quinn, Cillian McCann; Shea Hamill, Christopher Morris, Padraig McGirr; Ronan Nugent, Frank Burns; David Mulgrew, Conor McKenna, Daire Gallagher; Lee Brennan, Ruairi McGlone, Stephen McGrath.
Subs: Philip Donnelly, Cathal McShane, Che O’Donnell, Sean Fox.
KERRY: Shane Ryan; Fionan Clifford, Cathal Ó Luing, Pádraig Ó Conchúir; Matthew Flaherty, David Foran, Sean T Dillon; Greg Horan, Conor Jordan; Michéal Burns, Jack Savage, Éanna Ó Conchúír; Conor Keane, Shane O’Connor, Killian Spillane.
Subs: Kevin Shanahan, Kieran Murphy, Tomás O Sé.
Referee: Niall Ward (Westmeath)
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