Abbey CBS hurlers show no mercy in dispatching injury-hit St. Joseph's Borris-Ileigh

TUS Corn Thomais Choilm U19B Quarter-Final

Abbey CBS 3-28

St. Joseph’s Borris-Ileigh 0-4

By Michael McCarthy

The Abbey CBS from Tipperary town booked their place in the semi-finals of the Tom Collum cup with an easy victory over the disappointing St. Joseph's of Borris-Ileigh. 

While the Borris-Ileigh school were missing a number of players through injury and holidays and lost influential centre-back Cathal Kennedy to a foot injury in the first half, I'm not sure they would have made up the deficit on a well-drilled Abbey CBS. 

The game was over as a contest after just 15 minutes, Ciarán Kelly, Darragh O'Hora and Sean O'Mahony were all off the mark within three minutes. Shane Ryan would get Borrisoleigh on the board three minutes later but this would turn out to be their only score of the half. 

When Faolán Doyle scored the Abbey's first major on the quarter hour the Tipp town side would lead 1-7 to 0-1pt. They would go on to score another eleven points to finish out the half. 

Adam Ryan scored two points from centre-back in the half with rampaging runs out of defence, Jaye Cilvinas was running the midfield and tapped over three points for his troubles while Darragh O'Hora finished the half with four to his name. 

The second period was similar to the first, Ciarán Kelly opened the scoring again and was soon followed by a second green flag as Goalkeeper Ben Dudley's long-range free ended up in the net. It was one-way traffic to the end as Sean O'Mahony showed his class while substitutes Donnacha Quigley and Eoin O'Connell also got in on the act. 

The Abbey were in control all over the field so picking out one player over another would seem unfair. Cormac Frend and Cody Quirke tried their hardest for Borrisoleigh while Shane Ryan kept trying to the end. 

The Abbey CBS now set up a semi final tilt with Clonmel High school on Wednesday January 22nd. 

Abbey CBS: Ben Dudley (Arravale Rovers, 1-1f); Alex Webster (Arravale Rovers), Cillian Barlow (Aherlow), Tomás O'Shea (Aherlow, 0-1); Morgan O'Connor (Cappawhite), Adam Ryan (Arravale Rovers, 0-2), Donnacha Cleary (Knockavilla Kickhams); David Ryan (Arravale Rovers), Jaye Cilvinas (Arravale Rovers, 0-3); Sean Bourke (Aherlow), Sean O'Mahony (Arravale Rovers, 1-8), Paddy Chapman (Aherlow, 0-1); Faolán Doyle (Solohead, 1-1), Darragh O'Hora (Solohead, 0-6, 0-3f), Ciarán Kelly (Arravale Rovers, 0-3). 

Subs used: Donnacha Quigley (Arravale Rovers, 0-1); Eoin O'Connell (Lattin Cullen, 0-1); Evan Slattery (Knockavilla Kickhams); Mikey Bowes (Arravale Rovers); Joe Howard (Aherlow). 

St. Joseph's Borris-Ileigh: Eoghan Anderson (Borris-Ileigh); Jack Gould (Borris-Ileigh), Jack Ryan (Toomevara), Michael O'Brien; Cormac Frend (Toomevara), Cathal Kennedy (Borris-Ileigh), Daniel Groome (Borris-Ileigh); Michael Collins (Templederry Kenyons, 0-3f), Shane Ryan (Borris-Ileigh, 0-1f); Patrick Groome (Borris-Ileigh), Stephen Gleeson (Templederry Kenyons), Eoin Ryan (Borris-Ileigh); Cody Quirke (Toomevara), Darragh Chute (Borris-Ileigh), Liam Hackett (Toomevara). 

Subs used: Michael Ryan (Borris-Ileigh); Ciaran Troy (Toomevara); Alex Ryan (Toomevara); Pierse Ivors (Borris-Ileigh).

Referee: John Bugler (Clare)