Corofin 1-10

Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-7

Pádraic Ó Ciardha at Tuam Stadium

COROFIN came out the right side of a closely-fought contest with Salthill-Knocknacarra to claim the U19 A Football County Championship in Tuam last Saturday. There was never more than a score between the sides until the 60th minute when a late 1-1 from substitute Finn McIntyre made sure of the win for Corofin.

While it was nip and tuck for most of the hour, few would argue that Corofin weren’t worthy winners on the day. Mike Nolan’s side were dominant in the crucial final quarter and that superiority would have been more evident on the scoreboard had they not racked up ten wides in the second half alone.

Karl Nolan and, in particular, Patrick Egan provided an excellent platform at midfield for Corofin to take a firm grip of proceedings while Gavin Kelly, Brian Cogger, Cian Murphy and Daithí Killilea pulled the strings in attack. Defensively, they were also extremely solid with Eoin Brady, Cormac Greaney, Bernard Coen and captain Josh McHugh leading the charge.

Salthill-Knocknacarra enjoyed good spells midway through both halves but they just couldn’t get a hold of enough possession to get full value out of what is undoubtedly a talented bunch. Their full-forward line alone contains Charlie Power and Matthew Thompson, both of whom featured in the Senior County Final, while the third of the trio, Mark Mannion, was an All-Ireland Minor winner this year. All three were forced to live off scraps in this one, however.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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