Kilcock SFC: Clane hold off late Kilcock rally

Clane defeated Kilcock in the second game at Cedral St Conleth's Park in Group C of the SFC this afternoon on a final score line of Clane 1-21 Kilcock 3-11.

It was a game at different times looked like Clane would pull away but Kilcock refused to lie-down. The all-whites led at the break 1-12 to 0-9, the goal coming from Sean Tigh.

Kilcock came more into it in the seocnd hald but looked to be fighting a losing battle trailing 1-19 to 1-11 with 52 minutes on the clock. However the boys from the north of the county stuck to the task hitting two late goals from Brerndan Gibbons and could have had another when Mark Gibbons hit the upright.

But it was Clane's day, Brian McLoughlin doing very well with nine points as they held off that late rally to win on a final score line of Clane 1-21 Kilcock 3-1.

Scorers: Clane, Brian McLoughlin 0-9 (1 two-pointer, 1 two-pointer free, 2 frees), Sean Tighe 1-1, Brian Shane O'Sullivan 0-3 (1 free), Killian O'Sullivan 0-2, Sam McCormack 0-2, Adam Fitzpatrick 0-2, Shane McCormack 0-1, Oisin Tighe 0-1.

Kilcock, Shane O'Rourke 0-5, Brendan Gibons 2-0, Eoghan Flood 1-0, Joseph Fitzmaurice 0-2 (2 frees), Ciaran Murray 0-1, Keith Farrell 0-1, Andrew Dalton 0-1, Michael Stokes 0-1.

CLANE: Cian Burke; Eoin Twohig, Sean Callan, Hugh Prendergast; James Donlon, Tadhg Montgomery, Cian Shanahan; Sam McCormack, Shane McCormack; Shane O'Sullivan, Brian McLoughlin, Adam Fanning; Sean Tighe, Adam Fitzpatrick, Oisin Tighe. Sub: Sean Dunne for Eoin Twohig (half-time); Stephen Brereton for Shane McCormack (half-time); Killian O'Sullivan for Adam Fanning (39 minutes); Daniel Colbert for Adam Fanning (39 minutes); Eoin Walsh for Stephen Brereton (58 minutes).

KILCOCK: Fionn Talbot; Sean Eves, Johnny O'Sullivan, Mark Durkan; Finn Dowling, Conor Lawless, Daniel Byrne; Brendan Gibbons, Mark Gibbons; Dnaiel Maguire, Andrew Dalton, Joseph Fitzmaurice; Keith Farrell, Ciaran Murray, Shane O'Rourke. Subs: Dylan McGlynn for Sean Eves (28 minutes); Eoghan Flood for Joseph Fitzmaurice (36 minutes); Michael Stokes for Shane O'Rourke (43 minutes); Cian O'Sullivan for Daniel Maguire (ts 48-00);

REFEREE: Billy O'Connell.