Easy pickings for Garryspillane

Garryspillane 2-16 Ballybrown 2-7

Donie Ryan gave his team the lead with a point inside 60 seconds and they never looked back. Teenager Alan O’Connor rattled in a brace of goals for Ballybrown at the start of the second half, however, Garryspillane veteran Frankie Carroll found the net at the other end, and at 1-11 to 2-3, the city side knew it was all over.

Taking inspiration from the Ryan quartet of David, centre back, James at midfield, and T.J. and Donie up front, the Bouncers were just two points ahead 0-5 to 0-3 after 20 minutes before Tom O’Donnell, Carroll, T.J. and Donie Ryan left eight points between them (0-11 to 0-3) at the break.

Carroll’s green flag was followed by an avalanche of points and another major from Colm Hickey as the game fizzled out.

Scorers: Garryspillane: F. Carroll 1-3, TJ Ryan, Dave Ryan 0-4 each, Donie Ryan 0-3, C. Hickey 1-0, T. O’Donnell, J. Ryan 0-1 each. Ballybrown: A. O’Connor 2-3, R. Quin, N. Doolin, S. Kiely, R. Burke 0-1 each.

GARRYSPILLANE: M. Richardson; J. Kiely, J. Sheehan, A. Noonan, S. Burke, David Ryan, T. O’Donnell; J. Ryan, M. O’Donnell; M. O’Brien, TJ Ryan, E. Burke, Donie Ryan, F. Carroll, C. Hickey.

BALLYBROWN: D. Lyons; T. Ryan, J. O’Connor, R. Graham, R. Kenny, P. Hartigan, J. Kennedy; S. Kiely, I. Burke; A. O’Connor, R. Burke, R. Quinn, E. Loftus, P. McCarthy, N. Doolin. Sub. B. Quinn for Graham.

Referee: M. Ryan (Askeaton).