Defence Forces double shoots down students

Irish Defence Forces 2 Irish Colleges & Universities (CUFL) 1: The Defence Forces, with goals from Wexford Youths’ Chris Kenny and Portlaoise-based Jodie Dillon, scored a narrow 2-1 victory over the Combined Colleges and Universities side in their representative match at Collins Barracks, Cork yesterday.

Tue, 05 Apr, 2016 - 01:00

Noel Spillane

The game was played on the Army’s Prunty pitch at the Camp Field and they opened the scoring after 28 minutes. Kenny took possession from a throw-in, turned and volleyed home past Joe Coll.

The CUFL side, under manager Greg Yelverton, were close to an equaliser when Shane Daly-Butz headed Ger O’Boyle’s cross over.

Danny O’Connell had a shot saved and just before half-time, Daly-Butz set up Jason Lyons who found the net but was deemed offside.

Lee Delaney took a Joe Collins shot off-the-line for the Army from O’Connell’s cross only for the Defence Forces to make it 2-0 in the 66th minute.

Dillon scored with a side-footer from Aidan Friel’s (Wexford Youths) cross.

The Colleges & Universities pulled a goal back on 72 minutes when UCC’s Sean McLoughlin netted from Eoin McGreevey’s corner.

McLoughlin went close again six minutes later as his header from a McGreevey corner was scrambled clear.

The Army’s Craig Wall fired just wide of Eoghan Daly’s goal with their last chance but they held on for victory.

IRISH DEFENCE FORCES:

G Whelan; C Shortt, L. Grace, L. Delaney, D. Long; S. Dempsey, D. O’Riordan; R. Fox, T. Gethins (capt), A. Friel; C. Kenny.

Subs:

C. Wall, G. Walsh, J. Deegan & A. Browne for Dempsey, Fox, O’Riordan & Whelan (all half-time), J. Dillon for Kenny (65 mins), E. Poutch for Gethins (66 mins), R. Ryan, K. Duffy, A. Finlay, B. Tourish, D. Gannon, L. Aust & D. Smith (not used).

IRISH COLEGES & UNIVERSITIES:

J. Coll (capt); A. Brilly, D. McGuinness, S. O’Mahony, G. O’Boyle; S. O’Callaghan, D. O’Connor, S, Simpson, J. Collins, J. McClelland; J. Lyons.

Subs:

S Daly-Butz for O’Callaghan (injured 20 mins), S. McLoughlin, R. Coughlan & E. McGreevey for Simpson, McClelland & McGuinness (all half-time), E. Daly for Coll (61 mins), D. Broaders for Lyons & Tahney for Collins (both 62 mins), J. Blake for Brilly & McNamara for O’Boyle (both 68 mins)

Referee:

John Thompson (Cork)

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