West Tipperary camogie neighbours draw but Eire Og might be just a little disappointed

FBD Insurance Senior Championship

EIRE OG ANNACARTY 0-11 CLONOULTY/ROSSMORE 1-8

Both Eire Og Annacarty and Clonoulty Rossmore remain unbeaten after two games each of the FBD Insurance Senior Championship after a hard-fought draw on Saturday in Annacarty.
The home side trailed Clonoulty by two points at the break 0-6 to 1-5. Clonoulty’s goal came from Cait Devane who finished with 1-7 of her side’s total with Avril Quirke the only other scorer when she pointed in the first half.
The game was marked by a lot of frees and the stop-start nature didn’t allude itself to a high-scoring free-flowing game that one might have hoped for. Instead it turned out to be a tough battle between west Tipperary neighbours.
Annacarty made a couple of positional changes coming into the game after their victory over Cashel in their opening game. Orla O’Brien switched to wing-back and along with Karen Fox and Shauna Heffernan they produced a brilliant performance and proved to be Annacarty’s best line.
Clonoulty’s attack which were very impressive against Kickhams in the first round were stifled by the Annacarty defence and only mustered two points in the whole second half. Annacarty outscored the visitors five points to two after the restart and also had six different scorers to Clonoulty’s pair but despite their best efforts couldn’t manage to record a famous victory which they will likely be disappointed about.

Courtney Ryan (Clonoulty/Rossmore) sets off on a solo run against Eire Og Annacarty in the County Senior Camogie Championship game at Annacarty on Saturday last. Pic: Vincent Flynn

For Clonoulty Eimear Loughman was excellent at wing-back while Clodagh Quirke was solid throughout at number 6. Eva O’Dwyer was prominent for Annacarty with six points in total including four from frees while Leah Heffernan who played well in midfield, Danielle Ryan, Rachel O’Dwyer, Eibhlis McDonnell and Jean Kelly all scored a point each.
Eire Og Annacarty: Aoife Butler, Elaine Kelly, Orlagh Walsh, Nia Donovan, Orla O’Brien, Karen Fox, Shauna Heffernan, Cianait Walsh, Leah Heffernan (0-1), Danielle Ryan (0-1), Rachel O'Dwyer (0-1), Eibhlis McDonnell (0-1), Jean Kelly (0-1) Eva O’Dwyer (0-6, 4 frees), Cora Heffernan
Subs: Gemma Fox for Cora Heffernan, Laura Heffernan for Danielle Ryan
Clonoulty Rossmore: Cora Hennessey, Katie Murphy, Aoife Bourke, Lorna Ryan, Eimear Loughman, Clodaghe Quirke, Moira Kinane, Kate Ferncombe, Casey Hennessey, Kate Ryan, Courtney Ryan, Sophie Maher, Avril Quirke (0-1), Cait Devane (1-7), Eimear Bourke.