Naas show their class in awesome second half display
Euan Cowzer scored three points for Naas in their win over Eadestown
Naas showed why many people would see them as favourites to win this year’s Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship title with an awesome second half display to blow Eadestown away.
They needed to dig deep as in the first half, Emmet Bolton’s Eadestown side were excellent and posed plenty of problems.
They kicked four two-pointers in that first half but goals in 16th minute by Dermot Hanafin and an excellent individual effort by Daragh Kirwan in the 27th minute helped Naas into a 2-8 to 0-11 half time lead.
Naas really kicked into gear through the third quarter and scored four points in a row before Ciaran Doyle scored their third goal in the 46th minute when he pounced on the rebound after goalkeeper Charlie Carroll couldn’t hold on to Ryan Sinkey’s shot.
Eadestown pulled a goal back in the 50th minute through a Ben Fitzsimons penalty and had a great chance of another straight from the kickout but Ben Nichol dragged his shot inches wide of the post.
Naas wrapped up the win in the 56th minute when Brian Byrne set up Jack McKevitt for a fourth goal, and Kirwan brought hit tally to 1-8 with a two-pointer shortly after.
Luke Mullins 0-1 (1’45); Mark Maguire, Brian Byrne, Jack McKevitt 1-0, Rob Murray, Cathal Daly, Paddy McDermott 0-1; Paul McDermott 0-2 (1tp), Daire Guerin; Dermot Hanafin 1-0, Daragh Kirwan 1-8 (2tp), Kevin Cummins, Euan Cowzer 0-3, Alex Beirne 0-3 (1f), Ciaran Doyle 1-1. Subs Ryan Sinkey 0-1 for Cummins, 39; Fintan Quinn 0-1 for Doyle, 45; Eoin Lawlor for Paul McDermott, 53; Tim Ryan for Murray, 55; Elliott Beirne for Hanafin, 55.
Charlie Carroll 0-4 (2tpfs); Cian Cahill, John Lawlor, Paul O’Dwyer, Daragh Jameson 0-1, Jack Sargent 0-2 (1tp), Harry Carroll; Rian Boran 0-1, Conan Boran 0-1; Michael O’Brien, Sean Hynes, Tom Boran, Eoin Conneff 0-1, Ben Fitzsimons 1-3 (1-0pen, 1tpf, 1f), Conor McCarthy 0-1. Subs: Cian Bolton for Conneff, 41; Conor Morrin for O’Brien, 41; Ben Nichol for T Boran, 45; Niall Grainger for O’Dwyer, 59 Daragh Behan for McCarthy, 59.
Fergus Devereux.
