Errigal Ciaran ease into Ulster semi-final with complete team performance against Cargin
Conhuir Johnson of Cargin in action against Darragh Canavan and Niall Kelly of Errigal Ciarán during the Ulster Club SFC quarter-final. Photo by Philip Fitzpatrick/Sportsfile
A COMPLETE team performance saw Errigal Ciaran march into the last four of the Ulster Club Football Championship as they emphatically swept aside Antrim champions, Cargin at Corrigan Park on Sunday.
Enda McGinley's team were on top from start to finish as their pace, power and insatiable work-rate saw them build the platform for victory.
Cargin were second best throughout and although they had the odd spell, there was never a sense they were able to put it up to the Tyrone side who came into this came off the back of a preliminary round win over St Eunan's last week.
Even though shooting would prevent Errigal from moving out of sight in the first half, they still held a six-point gap at the short whistle and were able to manage it in the second period.
Over the hour, Enda McGinley's men had 10 different scorers and this epitomised a team effort as they limited Cargin to just three points from play and they will be delighted with their day's work.
Errigal had the first two scores through Thomas Canavan frees, both awarded for holding off the ball as referee Martin McNally set out to lay down a marker.
Ruairi Canavan grabbed their first from play as David Johnston went into the book for a foul in the build-up and the Tyrone champions were flying as their pace of attack left Cargin chasing shadows.
However, their shooting began to let them down with five straight wides, yet Cargin were still having no joy getting anything going in the opening period and it took goalkeeper John McNabb to finally get them off the mark with 16 gone.
The Antrim champions enjoyed a mini spell as Tomás McCann and Sean O'Neill replied to one from Ben McDonnell, but the Tyrone side reasserted themselves over the final 10 minutes of the opening half with six of the last seven scores as Joe Oguz, Tiernan Colhoun and Peter Og McCartan assisted the Canavans, Darragh (two) and Ruairi as they took a deserved 0-10 to 0-4 lead into the break.
Ciaran McGinley extended the lead shortly after the break as Cargin sought a response with McCann responding from a free, but points from Joe Oguz and Ruairi Canavan pushed the gap out to an unassailable eight.
Cargin were relying on McCann from placed balls as Errigal managed the game out with McGinley and Canavan hitting back and in added time, substitutes Mark Kavanagh and Ronan McCrory got in on the act to cap a fine afternoon for their side as they will now enjoy a well-earned break before setting their sights on a last four clash.
T McCann 0-6 (5f, 1 45), J McNabb 0-1, S O'Neill 0-1, R Gribbin 0-1.
R Canavan 0-4 (3f), D Canavan 0-2, T Canavan 0-2 (2f), J Oguz 0-2, C McGinley 0-2, P Og McCartan 0-1, T Colhoun 0-1, M Kavanagh 0-1, R McRory 0-1.
John McNabb; Kevin O'Boyle, Kevin McShane, Ronan Gribbin; Justin Crozier, Sean O'Neill, Jamie Gribbin; Michael McCann, John Carron; David Johnston, Tomás McCann, James Laverty; Conhuir Johnston, Eunan Quinn, Pat Shivers.
Paul McCann for D Johnston (HT), Benen Kelly for J Crozier (HT), Conan Johnston for E Quinn (37), Ronan Devlin for B Kelly (46), Tom Shivers for Conhuir Johnston (51)
Darragh McAnenly; Cormac Quinn, Aidan McCrory, Thomas Canavan; Peter Og McCartan, Niall Kelly, Tiarnan Colhoun; Ben McDonnell, Joe Oguz; Pauric Traynor, Peter Harte, Ciaran McGinley; Ruairi Canavan, Darragh Canavan, Odhran Robinson.
Mark Kavanagh for P Traynor (46), Ciaran Quinn for T Colhoun (46), Padraig McGirr for O Robinson (51), Eoin Kelly for T Canavan (51), Ronan McRory for D Canavan (57)
Martin McNally (Monaghan)
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