Cappincur rue missed chances as Daingean take a share of the spoils 

CAPPINCUR kicked 14 second half wides as they played out an entertaining 0-13 each draw on Sunday afternoon, in what was a heated enough clash between the two rivals.  

Tullamore Court Hotel Offaly Senior B Football Championship Round 4

Cappincur 0-13

Daingean 0-13

Cappincur will feel that they’ve left behind a victory following this clash with Daingean, as Ger Lynam’s side kicked 14 second half wides in their draw, and will feel a small bit disappointed not to have taken home the maximum amount of points despite being down by six at half time. 

Daingean were the much stronger side during the opening 30 minutes as they played all the football and were fast with their forward passing and their shooting was excellent. Three two pointers were kicked by Daingean in the first half, with their entire full forward consisting of Odhran Connolly, Cian Reilly and Jack Connolly obliging with those duties. Jamie Hayes was having a great game in the half forward line, with Adam Bolger and Steven Joyce also showing great pace and tenacity with the ball and setting up attacks for their side. 

Eoin Carroll was performing for his side and was attempting to pull his side back into the contest, as was Jason Gethings, as the full forward had two fisted attempts at goal saved on the line by Conor Curley to prevent his side from conceding. 

Neither side were kicking wides during the first period which was a good sign of their shooting, but it was Daingean creating more opportunities as well as looking the most likely to score as the half progressed. 

They held a 0-11 to 0-5 lead at the break, but Cappincur did have the wind in the second half, and they started off very strong as Bill Carroll, who was introduced at half time kicked his side’s first two pointer from a free after 32 minutes, to reduce the gap to four.

Really, it was only one side playing the football in the second half, as Eoin Carroll was winning all the kickouts, and was forcing his side forward at every opportunity, but while Ger Treacy reduced the gap on 36 minutes, there was a sense of regret seeping in as Cappincur began to kick some very uncharacteristic wides and weren’t taking the chances that you’d expect them too.

Daingean will be disappointed themselves that in the second half, they only scored 0-2, thanks to Shane Marsden and Shane Tierney, with his point with four minutes to go looking like it would be enough to seal victory, but they never got the ball down their end of the field again. Cappincur began to kick more and more wides, with the game not seeing a score from the 42nd minute until the 56th minute, and during that time, wides were being kicked like there was no tomorrow, which was unfortunate from Cappincur’s perspective given how well they were working possession.

They did eventually come up with the necessary scores to grab themselves a point, with Sean Graham and a Sean Courtney point which was initially a shot at goal, that was tipped over the bar by Conor Curley and made it a draw game but neither side could find the late spark to get over the line, as both will have to settle for just a point. 

MATCH ANALYSIS

MAN OF THE MATCH

Eoin Carroll (Cappincur): Odhran Connolly had another positive outing for Daingean, as did Cathal Ryan, Adam Bolger and Steven Joyce. Conor Curley was also impressive in goals for Daingean, his kickouts were fantastic. 

For Cappincur, Brion Carroll had some good moments, Diarmuid Carroll was solid at full back, while Jason Gethings was good at the times he was given the ball and will probably be frustrated that he wasn’t fed the ball more. 

Eoin Carroll caught a whirlwind of ball, kept feeding the attack, working tirelessly back, and contributed to the opening score of the game for his side.

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THE SCORERS

Cappincur: Ger Treacy (1free, 1 2 pt) 0-4, Sean Courtney 0-3, Brian Carroll (1 2 ptf) 0-2, Peter Norris (1free), Eoin Carroll, Sean Graham and Jason Gethings 0-1 each.

Daingean: Odhran Connolly (1 2 pt) 0-5, Jack Connolly (1 2 pt), Cian Reilly (1 2 pt) and Jamie Hayes 0-2 each, Shane Marsden and Shane Tierney 0-1 each .

THE TEAMS

CAPPINCUR: Lauraun Ryan; Diarmuid Carroll, Darragh Norris; Sean Flynn; Ciaran Farrell, Brion Carroll, Sean Graham; Eoin Carroll, Adam Galvin; Andrew Strong, Sean Courtney, Niall Minnock; Ger Treacy, Jason Gethings, Peter Norris. Subs – Bill Carroll for Minnock (HT), David Carroll for Strong (41m).

DAINGEAN: Conor Curley (C); Padraig Ferguson, Adam Bolger, Cathal McKnight; Finn McGuinness , Steven Joyce, Cathal Ryan; Sam Wright, David Walsh; Casey Evans, Jack Connolly, Jamie Hayes; Odhran Connolly, Cian Reilly, Shane Marsden. Subs – Aran Byrne for Walsh (36m), Cian Bracken for Hayes (39m), Shane Tierney for Connolly (42m), Ciaran McEvoy for Ferguson (43m), Cathal Egan for Wright (51m).

Referee – Marius Stones, Clara.

REFEREE WATCH

Marius Stones took charge of this game and while it was a bit heated at times, he held his own and very much did a professional job throughout.    

MOMENT OF THE MATCH

The three two pointers in the first half were all a delight to watch, they were worked well and it was nice to see players taking initiative and taking on these chances and being rewarded for them. 

VENUE WATCH

Cappincur hosted the game on Sunday afternoon and did a great job.. Plenty of stewards were on hand , no issues regarding parking, the pitch was in excellent condition and there was also a coffee shop there for supporters.  

WHAT'S NEXT

Daingean take on Ballinagar in round 5, while Cappincur face Clara.

STATISTICS

Wides: Cappincur  – 15 (1 in first half); Daingean  – 3 (2 in first half).

Yellow cards: Cappincur – 1 (David Carroll ); Daingean – 2 (Shane Tierney and David Walsh

Black Cards: 0

Red cards: 0