REPORT/PHOTOS: Exciting Finish As St Brendan's Beat Causeway

Mike O’Halloran watched St Brendan’s beat Causeway in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship Round 1 replay at Austin Stack Park last night…

St Brendan’s 1-13

Causeway 2-7

Tim Hannafin celebrates his late goal. Photo by Dermot Crean

They say goals win matches, but that didn’t prove to be the case for Causeway who scored two goals to St Brendan’s one last night.

Causeway got the dream start when Sean Leahy bulged the net on fifty seconds. Keith Carmody added a point while in between Egan pointed for St Brendan’s.

Kevin Hannafin, Tom Moloney had a point each before Cian Hussey levelled matters, 0-4 to 1-1.

Six minutes later Stephen Murphy had another goal when he slipped the sliotar between the left post and Darren Delaney. His brother Mark added a point before John Egan had two in a row.

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Thomas Casey, Anthony Fealy and Paul McGrath had three for Causeway to make it 0-6 to 2-5 with time up.

Into added time, Tadgh Flynn brought a save from Tim Hannafin and on 34 minutes Egan pointed a 65 to leave the halftime score St Brendan’s 0-7 Causeway 2-5.

Brandon Barrett came onto the field for the second half and on six minutes he had a point for Causeway. Egan replied with a free, thirty seconds later he drove over from distance, at the other end Darren Delaney brought off two great saves keeping the Ardfert side in the game.

Eric Leen has his eye on the sliotar while Jason Leahy gives chase. Photo by Dermot Crean

Disaster came for Causeway on 13 minutes, when they had a man sent off with a second yellow. On fifteen minutes Darren Dineen burst out of defence and blasted over a monster point from his own half reducing the margin to two.

McGrath and Egan swapped pointed frees with all the scores towards the end coming from St Brendan’s.

Daithi Griffin had a point, John Egan had two and when Tim Hannafin pushed the ball to the net with time almost up, St Brendan’s prevailed. SCROLL DOWN FOR LOADS OF PHOTOS