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PRESS
RELEASE
League
Match
Friday 17th August
Mullabrack
1;11 v Forkhill
0:7
Mullabrack back on track!
With two wins on the trot after their championship defeat Mullabrack
visited Forkhill last Friday night with the hope of making it three
in a row.
The game proved a very tight affair with Mullabrack seeing much of
the ball in the first ten minutes; however the good possession could
not be converted to points. At the back Hugh McSorely and Tommy
O’Hagan commanded their areas with conviction and up front
Mullabrack managed to take scores from the boots of Pip Agnew, Benny
Dougan and Taff Toal. Forkhill registered their first points at the
half way mark in the first period; however it was Mullabrack who
finished the stronger at the end of the first half with a score of 7
points to 4 points in the “bracks” favour. Unfortunately Mullabrack
lost Sean Agnew just before half time with a serious head wound.
Mullabrack started the second half as they finished the first with
good work in the midfield from Phelim Sands. Benny Dougan, Dara
Smith and Taff Toal in the forward line were giving the Forkhill
backs plenty to think about. The game was certainly being played
with a great deal of spirit by both sides. In the half back line the
experienced Gerard Agnew and Colin Murphy kept the Forkhill forwards
at bay and for long periods of the second half it looked like
anyone’s game. It was not until midway through the second half did
Mullabrack finally get to grips with a very competitive Forkhill
side. A good ball won by Dara Smith on the “40” who shifted the ball
on to an advancing Taff Toal saw the young forward strike the ball
to the back of the net. At this point Mullabrack made a couple of
changes bringing on Martin Rice and Sean Paul Henry. Forkhill took a
couple of scores of their own before the end of the game, however it
was Mullabrack who finished the stronger with good points taken by
Dara Smith and Kevin Smith to leave the final score 1:11 to 7 points
in Mullabracks favour. All at the club wish Sean Agnew a speedy
recovery.
Mullabrack
team:
Mullabrack
Team
Danny
O’Hanlon, Hugh McSorely, Tommy O’Hagan, , Taff Toal, John Conlon,
Dara Smith, Benny Dougan, Sean Agnew, Phelim Sands, Eamon Boylan,
Gerard Agnew, Colin Murphy, Stephen McKinney, Philip Agnew and Kevin
Smith
Subs: Martin
Rice, Liam Conlon, Mickey McCusker, Colin Donnelly, Stephen Baxter,
Sean Paul Henry, Michael Haughey and James Lavery.
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