A LAST MINUTE free from Ben Brennan secured the Leinster IFC club title for Meath side St Colmcille’s yesterday.
Westmeath champions Rosemount, aided by a 38th minute goal from David McCormack, looked set for victory when they retook the lead with seven minutes remaining.
But Colmcille’s held their nerve and with county star Graham Reilly in fine scoring form, they did just about enough to bring the trophy home.
Colmcille’s led by 0-8 to 0-5 at the interval, thanks to a flurry of scores from teenager James Conlon, Brennan and Reilly.
Rosemount narrowed the gap in the second-half with McCormack’s goal, but Gerry Hickey’s side failed to lead by more than a point despite their superiority.
In a frantic closing ten minutes, the game was tied when Brennan floated over the winner from a placed ball, 25 yards out.
Reilly scored 0-4 from play while Brennan kicked three important frees for the victors, including that last-gasp winner. Former Munster flanker Niall Ronan played a full 60 minutes in the full-forward line.
Colmcille’s now have an All-Ireland series to look forward to after Christmas, before they return to senior ranks in Meath.
Scorers for St Colmcille’s: Ben Brennan (3f) 0-5; Graham Reilly 0-4; James Conlon 0-3; Ciaran Kelly (f) 0-1.
Scorers for Rosemount: David (Dude) McCormack (2f) 1-2; Boidu Sayeh (2f) 0-3; Andy McCormack 0-2; Declan Mullen and David (DD) McCormack (f) 0-1 each.
St Colmcille’s
Jordan Browne
Adam Lynch
Jamie McDonnell
Ciaran Ward
Eoin Woods
Ian Mullen
Joe Sweeney
Graham Reilly
Robbie McCloskey
Ciaran Kelly
Ben Brennan
David O’Byrne
David Sheeran
Niall Ronan
James Conlon.
Subs:
Conor O’Byrne for D O’Byrne
Jack Reynolds for C Kelly
Rosemount
Eoin Carberry
Damien Carroll
Eamon Boland
Darren King
Andy McCormack
Enda Boland
Boidu Sayeh
David (DD) McCormack
Israel Ilunga
Luke Kelly
Theo Watts
TJ Fox
David Tone
Declan Mullen
David (Dude) McCormack.
Subs:
David Maylnn for L Kelly
Plunkett Maxwell for TJ Fox
Cathal Daly for D (Dude) McCormack
Referee: S Mulhare (Laois).
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Dead right. hopefully a win today now to give him and the players a little boost.
Looking forward to seeing what he does with the team over the next few transfer windows. It’s obvious he takes no sh!t from anyone, players or owners. Hoping he gets rid of the rot in the club asap.
He’ll need about €350 million if he gets rid of all the rot in that squad
The owners gave so much to Rodgers and his transfer committee, and they squandered the lot, apart from a handful of players who have either made a positive impact or look like they have a bit of potential. Can’t see why Klopp won’t be given the same financial support. If he’s allowed buy the players he wants, that will buy into his philosophy, I can see Liverpool improving vastly. First thing though is to sell those who either won’t or can’t play his kind of football.
Considering the players he lost Rodgers was given peanuts. He was only given 17 milion on top of what they got for Suarez after he left. You can’t compete for the league I’d your net spend is just 17 million.
@Ron, he still nearly spent £300 million over three years. Three years with not one trophy to show for it all. Rodgers came out and said that Spurs should be challenging for the title after spending £100 million. Most of that £100 million came from the sale of Bale. I’m a Liverpool fan like yourself, but that is embarrassing.
philosophy score more than the opposition.
ah come on ron stop that oul guff he spent a couple of hundred million.
Cutting the waste is more important than bringing in new players right now. Liverpool will go backwards before going forward.
I have to admit I like this bainisteoirs philosophy and the sort of staccato German-English soundbites are altogether more succinct than the usual waffle
First job is to buy a brand new back 4 and goalie
@Beano I don’t think Mignolet has been that bad lately. His distribution is poor but he’s made a few quality saves. Back four is the problem. A centre back should be his first purchase.
He will need time and can’t be judged until we see what moves are made in and out of the club in the transfer market. Problem is there are a lot of average players there now and to get the quality needed to attract better players champions league football is needed. So then he could be relying on the current squad to get into the top four or three as it might be. Some of Rodgers players like firminho, origi, lallana etc. etc needed to deliver something and really he needs to pray that sturridge gets fit again otherwise he is a luxury that the club can’t afford.
I actually think that Sturridge won’t be able to cope with Klopp’s demands. He’s made out of glass, every time he comes back from an injury, he immediately is ruled out again. I’m beginning to wonder if he’ll be able to keep up the tempo and the pressure. Hope he proves me wrong but if he can’t, I don’t think Klopp will stick with him.
It’s clear looking at that Liverpool squad how bad it is. Much work for Jurgen to do
thats Baloteli gone for good so