Buncrana shade it against Naomh Padraig in U-21B
Naomh Padraig were left to wonder what might have been when they fell just short against Buncrana in a dramatic U-21B Championship match in Ture
Oisin Porter, Kevin Jordan and Niall Breslin scored the goals as Buncrana edged out Naomh Padraig Uisce Chaoin in the U-21B Championship in Ture.
Naomh Padraig 2-10
Buncrana 3-9
This was a cracking contest from the first minute until the last with Buncrana advancing with two points to spare at the finish.
But Naomh Padraig will rue a number of good scoring chances including a second half penalty when Caolan McColgan smashed the crossbar. The first half was evenly contested and the sides could not be separated at half-time and they traded ends 0-6 each. But the game really opened up in the second half as the two sides went for the win.
Johnny Toye and Kevin Lynch scored the goals for the locals with Toye also chipping in with five points in a man of the match performance. Buncrana had pulled five clear approaching full-time when Kevin Lynch converted from the penalty spot with the clock ticking on full-time. McColgan had earlier been denied by the crossbar.
Naomh Padraig scorers: Johnny Toye 1-5; Kevin Lynch 1-2, 1-0 pen; Kevin Doherty 0-2; Cormac McColgan 0-1.
Buncrana scorers: Kevin Jordan 1-1; Sean McLaughlin 0-4, 2f; 45; Niall Breslin and Oisin Porter,1-0 each, Oisin Crawford 0-2, Conor Graham and Liam Jordan 0-1 each.
Naomh Padraig: Oran McCauley; Johnny Toye, Cormac McColgan, Rian Gallagher; Kevin Lynch,Oisin McIntyre, Dylan McCallion; Darragh McIntyre, Caolan McColgan; Andrew McCarron, Cormac Kelly, Ronan McCarron; Ronan McColgan, Patrick Hirrel, Peter Grant. Subs: Shane Grant, Cormac Doherty, Shea Lynch.
Buncrana: Rory Scott; Caolan O’Neill, Sean Doherty, Evan McCallion; Conor Graham, Michael Bernard McLaughlin, Fionn McLaughlin; Sean McLaughlin, Cathal McNutt; Oisin Crawfrord, Kevin Jordan, Paddy Duffy; Oisin Porter, Liam Jordan, Niall Breslin. Subs: David Carey for Duffy, Jamie Friel for Oisin Porter.