Antrim champs Creggan shake off Gaels to reach final
Shane Lawless scored a terrific 18th minute goal for the Manchester side, who were beaten All-Ireland finalists last year, to put them 1-5 to 1-1 ahead. However Creggan trailed by just 1-6 to 2-2 at half-time, with goals from Conleth McGrenaghan and Conor Small. Oran McCann scored five frees in the second half to put the Antrim men through to the Croke Park decider on February 8.
Scorers for Creggan Kickhams: O McCann 0-7 (6f), C Small 1-1, C McGrenaghan 1-0, C McCann 0-2 (1f)
Scorers for Fullen Gaels: A O’Neill 0-5 (5f), S Lawless 1-0, G Jacobs, A Morrissey, E Lyons 0-1 each
CREGGAN KICKHAMS: B Prenter; D McCann, A Maguire, D Carey; F McAuley, T McCann, M Johnston; S Maguire, A McKeown; K Rice, O McCann, C McGrenaghan; C Small, J Dougan, C McCann
Subs: R McCann for Dougan (21), B Maguire for McAuley (60)
FULLEN GAELS: T Goulding; E O’Brien, L Knocker, S Wallace; E Gleeson, J O’Shaughnessy, C Maskey; E McEntee, S Lawless; J O’Halloran, G Jacob, P Duggan; P Ryan, A O’Neill, A Morrissey
Subs: R O’Donnell for Duggan (24), E Lyons for Ryan (HT), R Wedel for Wallace (40), C O’Connor for McEntee (51)
Referee: Christy Browne (Galway).
