Leixlip make it four from four in IHC
Moorefield no match as favs win again
The score board tells the story as championship favourites Leixlip made it four wins from four with a 23 point win over a game but limited Moorefield side in this afternoon’s UPMC IHC Group Phase game at Cedral St Conleth’s Park, this afternoon.
The opening quarter was competitive but it did not take Leixlip long to take control with Darragh Melville, Sean O’Connor and Cormack Keegan showing their skills add in goals from Cillian Harrington and Stephen Ryan and it was more or less all one way traffic.
Reece Gavin, was again, The Moores top scorer with three points in that opening half as the boys in maroon led comfortably at the break 2-15 to 0-5.
The second half was more of the same, even if Moorefield did net two goals from Eoghan Corrigan and Conn Keogh but they were pure consolation scores as Leixlip continued to fire over points with Sean O’Connor bringing total to six; while Darragh Melville hit 1-2 in the second half and Cian Bracken raising three more white flags in the second half as Leixlip ran out winners on a final score line of 3-28 to 2-8.
Scorers: Leixlip: Darragh Melville 1-8 (5 frees), Sean O’Connor 0-6, Cillian Harrington 1-0, Stephen Ryan 1-0, Cian Bracken 0-5 (1 free), Eoghan Harrington 0-3, Cathal Melville 0-3, Cormac Keegan 0-2, James Canning 0-1.
Moorefield: Conn Keogh 1-1, Eoghan Corrigan 1-0, Reece Gaivin 0-3 (2 frees), Alex Bell 0-2, Muiris Curtin 0-1, Niall Barry 0-1.
LEIXLIP: Kevin O’Callaghan; Cillian Nicholson, Ryan Doyle, Dylan Doherty; Cian Bracken, Jack McGonigle, James Canning; Cathal Derivan, Eoghan Harrington; Sean O’Connor, Cormac Keegan, Darragh Melville; Cillian Harrington, Stephen Ryan, Cathal Melville. Subs: Conall Henson for Cathal Melville (46 minutes); Joseph Evans for Dylan Doherty (52 minutes); Dara Burke for Cillian Harrington (52 minutes); Cillian Harrington for Cormac Keegan (56 minutes).
MOOREFIELD: Eoin Carroll; Conor Gleeson, Sean Maher, Cian Brannigan; Oisin Kelly, Conn Keogh, Graham Cregoe; Tommy Walsh, Alex Bell; Paul Dawson, Reece Gavin, Niall Barry; Mark Tobin, Eoghan Corrigan, Muiris Curtin. Subs: Ian McDonnell for Mark Tobin (25 minutes); Malvin Maloney for Graham Cregoe (34 minutes); Conor Price for Colin Gleeson (43 minutes); Cormac O’Connor for Ian McDonnell (52 minutes); Shane Delmer for Cian Brannigan (58 minutes).
REFEREE: Killian Jones.