The wind was a big factor in this game, with the home side playing
into the breeze in the first half half. The omens looked good when
Conor Mulgrew and James McKenna kicked early points and St Brigids led
after the first ten minutes. However possession was hard to come by
for the rest of the half with Pearses claiming too many of the home
sides kickouts. The St Brigids defence, led by Daniel Foster, Zach
Porter, Ryan Austin and Conor Slevin, all of whom made a big
contribution to their team, resisted the pressure for all but a
crucial 5 minute spell during which 1.3 was conceded.
Despite playing into a stiff breeze Tom Morrissey and Eoin Mitchell
did win some ball which was fed into the forwards. The early accuracy
was gone though and a number of very scorable chances were sent wide.
The half time score was 1.4 to 0.2 in favour of Pearses.
In the second half St Brigids outplayed their opponents everywhere but
on the scoreboard. Mitchell twice went close with goal chances, while
Jack McGurk, Ruari McDonnell, Thomas McCarney and Conor Mulgrew also
had narrow wides. Tom Morrissey did score a fine long distance point,
as well as covering a lot of ground around midfield, but that was the
only score we could muster in the second period.
The St Brigids team was battling right up to the final whistle and the
score in the end was an unfair reflection of their endeavour. The
final score was St Brigids 0.3, Pearses 1.5.
Team: Lochlainn Quinn,Ryan Austin,Zach Porter,Ruari McDonnell,Conor Slevin,Jack McGurk, Daniel Foster,Thomas McCarney, Eoin Mitchell,Tom Morrissey,Michael Canavan,Conor Mulgrew,John Higgins,James McKenna
Paddy McAllister,Eddie Devlin,Ciaran Shearer,Patrick Doran
