Mike O’Halloran watched Kilmoyley defeated by Lismore on Saturday in the Munster Intermediate Hurling Final…
Lismore 2-14
Kilmoyley 0-13
A disappointing day then for Kilmoyley in Mallow in the the Munster Intermediate Hurling Final.
Things looked great at halftime when Kilmoyley drew level just before the short whistle, to leave the halftime score seven points all. Daniel Collins had scored all the Kilmoyley points.
Collins was to score a further six points in the second half, but it wasn’t going to be enough, because straight after the restart, Lismore scored a point and then bagged a messy goal, to put the first clear daylight between the teams.
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Lismore seemed nervous up to this point, but the goal gave them the confidence to take an extra step with the ball while clearing their lines, thus giving them a little more time to pick out their forwards for scoring opportunities.
There was no way back for Kilmoyley when the second goal came. Kilmoyley tried as they might to try to get into the game but they could not break down the Lismore defence.
Kilmoyley could win no ball from their own puck out and were unable to pick the ball cleanly. Even when the ball did go to hand it was often lost in the tackle.
Of course Daniel Collins was the stand out man for Kilmoyley, but let’s shout out for Colman Savage who kept Dan Shanahan to one single point.
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Credit too to Aiden McCabe who made two fantastic saves to keep Kilmoyley in the game in the first half.
Paudie O’Connor was excellent at midfield, Tom Murnane had a fair old battle with Maurice Shanahan, but it’s fair to say that when the game opened up Shanahan had the upper hand.
So the quest for the Kerry senior hurling champions to win the Munster Intermediate Championship goes on.
Kilmoyley prepared well for this game but just came up against a better team on the day, it would also be fair to say that nothing went right for Kilmoyley up front and a couple unforced errors ended up in goals for Lismore.
The experience gained from their participation in this final will stand them in good stead for the future.
