Tony Spain strikes late to give Ardclough the edge over Clane

Clane corner back Adam Corbett gets his clearance away | SB

placeholder image — Clane corner back Adam Corbett gets his clearance away | SB

Ardclough hit back to deny Clane in entertaining clash

Ardclough turned to Tony Spain in the 55 minute and the veteran found the net in the 62nd minute to clinch it a dramatic win for Ardclough in this UPMC SHC Group B Rd 2 clash at Cedral St Conleth’s Park, Newbrige, this evening. And while Paddy McKenna hit back with a point it fell to the impressive Sean Buggy who fired over a free from close to the sideline to clinch a vital win on a final scoreline of Ardclough 2-19 Clane 0-23.

The opening half was certainly a lively affair with the sides level on no less than four occasions.

Some excellent score-taking from Harry Maughan and Sean Buggy of Ardclough while Clane had Hugh Muldoon, Cormac Vizzard and Paddy McKenna among their scorers.

The decisive score of the half arrived late on following an injection of pace from Ardclough’s Tim Ryan, who was eventually bottled up but still managed to get the sliothar over to his left to the waiting Cillian Burke who was on the field just two minutes and the no. 17 made no mistake from close range,blasting past Mark Doyle. That put The Cloghs ahead 1-10 to 0-8 but Clane responded well with two points before the break from Hugh Muldoon to leave the score board reading Ardclough 1-10 Clane 0-11.

Ardclough held the upper hand, leading 1-13 to 0-12 on 35 minutes but Clane came back and leveled it upon 42 before taking the with a Hugh Muldoon free on 48.

Ardclough then hit three points in a row before Clane came again levelling it up before a Hugh Muldoon free put Clane in front by one.

Tim Ryan and Cian Christensen shared points before Sean Buggy put Tony Spain in who found the net and while the sides added a point each it was Ardclough who took the honours on a final score line of Ardclough 2-19 Clane 0-23.

Scorers: Ardclough, Sean Buggy 0-9 (7 frees), Cillian Burke 1-1, Tony Spain 1-0, Harry Maughan 0-3, Tim Ryan 0-3, Colm Walsh 0-2, Darragh Buggle 0-1.

Clane, Paddy McKenna 0-8 (5 frees), Hugh Muldoon 0-7 (3 frees), Cian Shanahan 0-3, Sean Christensen 0-3, Cormac Vizzard 0-2.

ARDCLOUGH: Finn Leach; Darragh Melvin, Maurice Sexton, Kevin Lynch; Darragh Buggle, Drew Costello, Sean Coulston; Colm Walsh, Tim Ryan; Colm Buggy Patrickk O’Malley, Sean Whelan; Harry Maughan, Martin Fitzgerald, Eoghan Walsh. Subs: Conor Kelly for Kelvin Lynch (26 minutes); Cillian Burke for Martin Fitzgerald (26 minutes); Ronan O’Malley for Sean Whelan (47 minutes); Tony Spaion for

CLANE: Mark Doyle; Adam Crobett, Riann O’Neill, Tom Malone; Daniel Corbett, Cian Shanahan, Sean Malone; Simon Healy, Daniel Malone; Sean Christensen, Hugh Muldoon, Cormac Vizzard; Paddy McKenna, Caolan Smith, Shane Henry. Subs: Calum Durnin for Cormac Vizzard (36 minutes); Aiden Mooney for Shane Henry (44 minutes); Aaron Connolly for Daniel Malone (51 minutes):

REFEREE: Brian Kearney.