Seniors return to winning ways

Post date: Apr 21, 2014 12:19:51 PM

Division One league:

Rhode........3-12

Edenderry...4-10

After suffering two defeats in a row at the hands of Tullamore and Ballycumber, Edenderry senior footballers returned to winning ways after a one point win over Rhode on Easter Sunday.

The reds burst out of the traps with a flurry of scores in the opening fourteen minutes but as they took their foot off the pedal, the 2012 county champions clawed their way back into the game with seven unanswered points. Edenderry got the perfect start when Ciaran Hurley, Sean Moriarty and Sean Doyle knocked over three points in the first seven minutes and a superb goal from David Hanlon in the tenth minute stretched their lead to 1-3 to 0-0.

Two goals from centre forward Ciaran Hurley in the twelfth and fourteenth minute fired Edenderry into a 3-3 0-0 lead but the reds failed to score for the remainder of the half and allowed Rhode to regroup and find their feet. Find their feet they did and a Niall Darby free in the seventeenth minute was quickly followed up by three points in three minutes from corner forward Anton Sullivan.

Points from Darren Garry, Anton Sullivan and a Niall Darby free in final four minutes of the half left the half time score-line reading 3-3 0-7.

Edenderry made a promising start to the second half when Ciaran Hurley added his second point of the game before a superb move from Derek Kelly and Sean Moriarty resulted in a Sean Doyle goal for the reds. Niall Darby kicked his third free of the game a minute later but it was quickly cancelled out by a Daniel Nolan point the far end.

Some slack defending from Edenderry allowed Alan McNamee to find the back of the net in the forty third minute and while Edenderry responded with a Derek Kelly point a minute later, Glen O'Connell found the net for Rhode immediately afterwards. There was now just four points between the sides but good scores from Sean Doyle and Cian Lawton restored a six point lead for the reds.

Conor McNamee and Glen O'Connell pointed either side of a Sean Doyle score for Edenderry and two minutes into injury time Donal Hickey shot low and hard past Edenderry goalkeeper Brian Quinlan for his sides third goal of the game.

A Darren Garry point in the sixty third minute of the game left one between the sides but an excellent score from Sean Moriarty four minutes into added time gave Edenderry back their two point advantage. A late late point from Glen O'Connell free left one between the sides as referee David Walsh blew the final whistle.

Team:

Brian Quinlan, James Mackey, Sean Pender, Colm Byrne, Daniel Nolan(0-1), Sean Marshall, Diarmaid Meleady, Richie Dalton, David Hanlon(1-0), Sean Moriarty(0-2), Ciaran Hurley(2-2), Oran Lawton, Sean Doyle(1-3), Derek Kelly(0-1), Stuart Cullen.

Subs: Basil Malone for Sean Pender, Cian Lawton(0-1) for Stuart Cullen, Mark Young for Richie Dalton (BC).

Rhode Team:

Kenneth Garry, Jake Kavanagh, Shane Sullivan, James McPadden, Daniel O'Brien, Garrett McNamee, Niall Darby(0-3), Alan McNamee(1-0), Darren Garry(0-2), Glen O'Connell(1-2), Conor McNamee(0-1), Padraig Sullivan, Paul McPadden, Donal Hickey(1-0), Anton Sullivan(0-4).

Referee: David Walsh (Gracefield)