Eddie O’Reilly leads the way as St Michael’s down Buncrana at the Bridge
In a tight and competitive contest, visitors Buncrana pushed the hosts all the way on Sunday but O'Reilly would pop up right at the end with a crucial goal to seal it for St Michael's
St. Michael’s held on at the Bridge in perfect playing conditions on Saturday evening to secure two very important points, with a well-taken Eddie O’Reilly goal late on sealing the win.
The hosts raced into an early lead, with goals from Carlos O’Reilly and Max Roarty helping them to a 2-4 to 0-3 advantage.
They pushed further ahead before Buncrana fought back to leave the half-time score at St. Michael’s 2-8, Buncrana 0-8.
St. Michael’s opened the scoring in the second half, but just like the first, Buncrana responded, chipping away at the deficit with a series of scores.
However, a moment of brilliance from Edward O’Reilly extended St. Michael’s lead again. Despite strong Buncrana pressure in the closing stages, St. Michael’s held firm to win on a final scoreline of 3-15 to 0-20.
St. Michael’s scorers: Eddie O’Reilly 1-4, Max Roarty 1-2, Carlos O’Reilly 1-1, Daniel McLaughlin 0-5, Stephen Doak 0-1, Colin McFadden 0-1.
Buncrana scorers: John Campbell 0-10, Shaun McLaughlin 0-3, William McLaughlin 0-3, Brian Bradley 0-2, Dara McColgan 0-2.
St. Michael’s: Oisin Cannon, Jamie Hunter, Liam Paul Ferry, Kyle McGarvey, Patrick McGinley, Stephen Doak, Michael Cannon, Ciaran Kelly, Colin McFadden, Max Roarty, Martin McElhinney, Paul Johnston, Daniel McLaughlin, Carlos O’Reilly, Eddie O’Reilly.
Subs: Dean Fleming, Calvin Murray, Eoghan Kelly, Ethan Ferry, Paul Creamer.
Buncrana: Billy Friel, JP McKenna, Patrick Davidson, Michael McLaughlin, Andrew Davidson, Daran Folan, John Campbell, Peter McLaughlin, Oisin O’Flaherty, Billy Duffy, Brian Bradley, Dara McColgan.
Subs: William McLaughlin, Kevin Tracey, Shaun McLaughlin, Dara O’Connor, Neil Jordan.