Clane rarely troubled as Kilcock fail to click

Clane 2-14

Kilcock 0-8

It probably says a lot about Clane who, despite not firing on all cylinders still had way too much for a poor Kilcock outfit in the Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship Round 1, Group D clash at Manguard Park, on Sunday afternoon.

Tom Cribbin's boys may have been slow to get into their stride but to be honest about it they were never at any stage under any pressure, against a Kilcock side, minus Shane Farrell it has to be said, but nevertheless a very disappointing display from the boys from north Kildare.

It was Brian McLoughlin who got the score board moving after four minutes with a free and the fact we had to wait a full ten minutes before point number 2 came along says a lot and when it did it was from corner back Sam Reilly who made it 0-2 to 0-0 after 14 minutes.

Danny Egan converted a 45 some six minutes later before Kilcock finally got up and running, Sean O'Sullivan converting a free.
Wing back, Tadhg Montgomery got forward to split the posts on 19 and two minutes later a foul on Harry O'Neill saw Brian McLoughlin convert. A few minutes later the same McLoughlin made it 0-6 to 0-1 with an excellent long range effort.

Sean O'Sullivan made a fine catch from a long ball in for Kilcock, the no 13 took his mark and duly converted to make it 0-6 to 0-2.

Chris Byrne sent in a long ball into danger area and there Brian McLoughlin took control, took his mark and duly converted and just before the half-time break Sam McCormack hit a long range free to leave the score board reading, as the players headed to the dressing room, Clane 0-8 Kilcock 0-2.

While Kilcock did get the opening point of the second half, a high ball in from Ciaran Murray was fisted over by Cian Burke in the Clane goal, but if we though that might be the start of a Kilcock revival well that certainly was not how it panned out as Sam McCormack (free), Shane O'Sullivan and Harry O'Neill pointed to stretch the lead out to 0-11 to 0-3 after 40 minutes.

The opening goal of the game arrived on 42 minutes, Sam McCormack jinked his way inside, his shot was blocked but Alan Fanning was on hand to put the ball over the line.

A Brendan Gibbons white flag and three points from Sean O'Sullivan made it 1-11 to 0-7 on 48 minutes.

Kilcock did have a goal chance after a long kick out was gathered by Keith Farrell who put David Duke in but his effort went left and wide.

Substitute Eoin Walsh added two for Clane; Paddy Kelly picked up a black before Clane were awarded a penalty, Sam McCormack making no mistake from the spot.

Cormac Divilly picked up a second black, Brian McLoughlin added a free while the last score of the game was a Sean O'Sullivan free as Clane won comfortably on a final score of Clane 2-14 Kilcock 0-8.

Scorers: Clane, Sam McCormack 1-2 (penalty, 2 frees), Brian McLoughlin 0-4 (2 frees, mark), Adam Fanning 1-0, Eoin Walsh 0-2, Sam Reilly 0-1, Harry O'Neill 0-1 (mark), Danny Egan 0-1 (45), Sam McCormack 0-1 (free), Tadhg Montgomery 0-1, Shane O'Sullivan 0-1.

Kilcock, Sean O'Sullivan 0-6 (4 frees, mark), Brendan Gibbons 0-1, Ciaran Murray 0-1.

CLANE: Cian Burke; Sam Reilly, Sean Callan, Stephen Brereton; Harry O'Neill, Chris Byrne, Tadhg Montgomery; Sam McCormack, Shane McCormack; Sean Tighe Adam Fanning, Hugh Prendergast; Brian McLoughlin, Danny Egan, Shane O'Sullivan. Subs: Jack Devey for Hugh Prendergast (bs 35-37); Jack Devey for Hugh Prendergast (48 minutes); Eoin Walsh for Stephen Brereton (48 minutes); Sean Christenseen for Chris Byrne (58 minutes); Cormac Vizzard for Harry O'Neill (58 minutes); Eoin Twohig for Sean Tighe (59 minutes).

KILCOCK: Fionn Talbot; Paddy Kelly, Johnny O'Sullivan, Cameron Nairn; Cormac Divilly, Jason Gibbons, Joe Fitzmaurice; Mark Gibbons, Luke Sheridan; David Duke, Brendan Gibbons, Ciaran Murray; Sean O'Sullivan, Danny Maguire, Adam Doyle. Subs: Keith Farrell for Joe Fitzmaurice (43 minutes); Michael Stokes for Adam Doyle (54 minutes).

REFEREE: Kieran Harris.