Bagnall stars as Allenwood take Division 2 title
Allenwood clinch it in final quarter
Allenwood clinched the Kildare GAA Hanlon Concrete SFL Division 2 title at Cedral St Conleth’s Park, Newbridge, on Saturday afternoon, defeating Allenwood on a score line of 1-24 to 4-9.
The opening half saw the sides level on four occasions and while Leixlip led by two on 30 minutes, Allenwood hit back with the final three scores of the half to leave then leading by one - 0-11 to 1-7, that sole goal coming from a penalty converted by Tommy Moolick.
Allenwood’s main threat in that half came from corner forward Eoin Bagnall who hit six points of his side’s total.
Play was held up on two separations in that half, firstly when Jack Travers was forced off with a shoulder injury and before the break his fellow club man, Tommy Moolick picked up a similar injury that saw the half stretch to all of 45 minutes before referee Alan Archbold finally called a halt to proceedings.
With seven points of the resumption Allenwood led by five but Leixlip hit back with a James Kelleen goal on 39 minutes a second from Conor Lawlor and when Jack Lawlor pointed the sides were level at 0-17 to 3-8.
A point followed by a Darren McDermott penalty goal saw Leixlip hit the front.
However Allenwood hit back with an Eoin Bagnell two-pointer and that gave The Blues the momentum to take control adding another six points without reply winning on a final score line of Allenwood 1-24 Leixlip 4-9, with man of the match, Eoin Bagnall hitting an impressive 1-12.
Scorers, Allenwood: Eoin Bagnall 1-12 (4 frees, 2 two-pointer frees), Johnny Byrne 0-5 (1 two-pointer), Joey Cunningham 0-2, Cormac Denagher 0-2 (1free), Jamie Gartland 0-1, Colm Morlan 0-1, Sean Dunne 0-1.
Leixlip: Tommy Moolick 1-2 (penalty, two-pointer), Darren McDermott 1-2 (penalty), Conor Lawlor 1-2, James Killeen 1-0, Ronan Fitzsimons 0-2 (two-pointer), Jack Lawlor 0-1.
ALLENWOOD: Stephen Carey; Ronan Guilfoyle, Sean Moran, TJ Moore; Brendan Hanafey, Darragh Malone, Jamie Gartland; John Dee, Alex Lenehan; Rory Moran, Johnny Byrne, Colm Moran; Eoin Bagnall, Cormac Denegher, Joey Cunningham. Subs: Aaron Dunne for Cormac Denagher (52 minutes); Sean Dunne for Colm Moran (52 minutes); Mark Delaney for Ronan Guilfoyle (52 minutes); Callum O’Reilly for TJ Moore (54 minutes);
LEIXLIP: Niall McConnell; Sean O’Connor, Jack Travers, Kevin Connelly; Rory Flynn, Brian Giggons, Ronan Fitzsimons; Tommy Moolick, Ciaran Silke; Darragh Melville, Jack Lawlor, James Killeen; Mark O’Toole, Darren McDermott, Conor Lawlor. Subs: Conall Henson for Jack Travers (21 minutes); Conall lHenson for Jack Travers (21 minutes); Aodhan Carr for Tommy Moolick (36 minutes for 36 minutes); Rob Tone for Mark O’Toole (40 minutes); Dan Gallery for Ronan Fitzsimons (52 minutes);
REFEREE: Alan Archbold.