Tralee CBS firepower blows away tepid Ballincollig

Tralee CBS 1-10 Coláiste Choilm Ballincollig 0-4: In a must-win game for both sides, Tralee CBS proved far too strong for a very disappointing Coláiste Choilm Ballincollig outfit, in a game played in difficult conditions at Rathmore.

The Green were on top across the pitch from the very outset but they really dominated the middle where Tomás O’Connor (dual Kerry minor All-Ireland medal winner last year) gave a man-of-the-match display, ably assisted by Joe O’Connor. They were pitted against a formid-able Ballincollig pairing of Cork minor Colm O’Callaghan and Kevin Crowley who battled to the end.

Tralee CBS had the added bonus of another Kerry minor, Kieran Dwyer, at centre back and he was a colossus throughout in a defence that allowed Ballincollig very little time on the ball. In fact Ballincollig only managed 0-3 in the first half, with a solitary point from play coming from the boot of James O’Sullivan of Eire Óg.