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PHOTOS: Dingle Goals Destroy Stacks’ Championship Ambitions

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Austin Stacks 0-9

Dingle 3-9

Matthew Flaherty celebrates Dingle’s second goal. Photo by Dermot Crean

GOALS win games and Austin Stacks came up empty in that department on Saturday evening in their clash with Dingle in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SFC quarter-final in Austin Stack Park.

The men from the west struck three times in the first half in a game where the Rockies could never get going and poor decision-making and errors didn’t help their cause.

The game was notable for the presence of former Kerry minor, Mark O’Connor, who returned from Australia.

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He was tasked with keeping Kieran Donaghy under wraps and he did a good job too but, to be fair, the Kerry legend wasn’t helped by the poor quality ball dropped into him.

Stacks flew off the blocks with Darragh O’Brien pointing seconds after the throw-in but that would be the only time they would lead.

Kieran Donaghy and Mark O’Connor rise for the ball.

A brace from Dingle’s Paul Geaney and one from Paul Devane was followed by goal from the former and Dingle were looking dangerous at 1-3 to 0-1 up after 11 minutes.

Two minutes later Matthew Flaherty struck and Stacks looked like they would be overrun.

A Darragh O’Brien point and a good point from play from Shane O’Callaghan brought the deficit down to six with a couple of minutes to half time and Stacks would have welcomed the chance to regroup.

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Greg Horan gets his shot away.

However, Paul Meaney struck again with a goal followed by a Paul Devane point before the short whistle and the Rockies found themselves ten down and a mountain to climb.

On the restart, when Stacks hit five without reply in the first 11 minutes — through Darragh O’Brien (2), Ronan Shanahan, Dylan Casey and Jack O’Shea — the famous Rockie supporters found their voice on the terraces with the scoreline reading 3-4 to 0-8.

Tom O’Sullivan got a score for Dingle and on the 16th minute some unsavoury scenes ensued after a Stacks player was fouled in the middle of the field.

A fight breaks out.

Mark O’Connor ended up being black-carded which should have helped the Tralee side, but they couldn’t get that quality ball to Donaghy to threaten the Dingle goal.

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Shane O’Callagahan surrounded.

A free by Darragh O’Brien, to restore a five point gap with 13 minutes to go, would prove to be their final score.

The Dingle defence stood firm and two points from Tom O’Sullivan and frees from Tomás Sheehy and Paul Geaney rounded off a job well done for Dingle.

It’s back to the drawing board for Austin Stacks who have failed to get past the quarter-final stage since their glorious 2014 season. Scroll down for photos…

Jack Morgan holds off Mikey Geaney.
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David Mannix on the ball.
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The centre of attention….Mark O’Connor lines out for Dingle.
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PREVIEW: Stacks Face Rising Stars Of Dingle In Club Semi-Final

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Gavin O’Connor looks at tomorrow evening’s clash between Austin Stacks and Dingle in the Senior Club Championship Semi-Final, Kennedy Park, Annascaul, (throw-in 6:30pm)…

Dingle's Gavan Curran is tackled by Shane Carroll of Austin Stacks in last years Senior Club Championship semi-final. Photo by Dermot Crean.
Dingle’s Gavan Curran is tackled by Shane Carroll of Austin Stacks in last year’s Senior Club Championship semi-final. Photo by Dermot Crean.

THE ROCK will head west on Saturday to face Dingle who are reigning champions and one of the the most exciting young sides to emerge in recent years.

For the last two years in this competition, Austin Stacks have knocked out by the Dingle so Stephen Stack and his charges will be looking to redress the balance a bit (although they got revenge for the 2014 defeat by beating Dingle in the championship later that year).

This Dingle side is bedecked with All-Ireland colleges and underage medals while they also picked up a senior county title earlier than expected when the shocked Dr Crokes in the final last year.

Alongside established inter-county stars Paul and Mikey Geaney, a litany of young talent is emerging at the end of the peninsula.

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Kerry U21’s, Barry O’Sullivan, Matthew Flaherty, Marc O’Connor, Conor Geaney, Tom O’Sullivan and Tom Leo O’Sullivan are all destined for big things, not only for their club, but for Kerry as well.

The Rock have a few young players coming through themselves, most notably 2015 Kerry minor Jack Morgan and Kerry U21 Greg Horan who is now a real leader in the side and Michael O’Donnell to name but a few.

A crucial player for Stacks is 2015 top scorer, David Mannix, who has struggled with injury since towards the end of last year. Whether he’s fit and firing could have a large bearing on this match.

In the previous round, The Rock beat the always-battling Milltown/Castlemaine side by 0-14 to 0-9. They were also not too far off the county’s in-form side Dr Crokes in a goalfest of a Division 1 league final a number of weeks ago.

Barring injuries, Dingle have one of the most formidable line-ups in the county now and last year’s club title showed they’re beginning to ripen earlier than expected. It should be a cracking encounter.

Verdict – Dingle