Marino CBS 3-15 Cáisleán Druimní 2-7
One of the games of the day.
Marino CBS and Cáisleán Druimní played out a thrilling game in their Division One Sciath Kitterick final at the Allianz Cumann na mBunscol finals in Croke Park on Monday.
The Marino lads were wearing the St Vincent’s colours and it’s clear from this display that many of them will line out for Dublin’s most successful club in the future.
They showed what they were about early on with Harry Dinnigan scoring two points on the trot in the first few minutes. Wing forward Dinnigan is a stylish player with plenty of composure, pace and accuracy. He ended his afternoon with seven points, four of the finest coming from open play.
Full forward Ronan O’Neill was the star of the show, however. The ginger haired number 14 has a deceptive dummy and he’s well able to take a score. On top of this, he’s an extremely unselfish player and as well as scoring 1-5 from open play, he set up a good deal more with his defence splitting passes that would remind you of Diarmuid Connolly in his pomp.
Caisleán Druimní didn’t go down without a fight, however. The underdogs were a brave, battle-hardened side with their half back Sean Comiskey summing up their spirit. They fought right until the end and though Marino deserved their victory, they had to earn it.
The Marino CBS footballers celebrate their Sciath Kitterick, Division One Allianz Cumann na mBunscol final win. @StVincentsGAA1 🙌 pic.twitter.com/AM1PynxOS1
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) October 22, 2018
Dinnigan and O’Neill, amongst others, are ones to watch in the future.
Marino CBS
1 Harry Curley 2 Sean Nolan 3 Cathal Manning 4 Matthew Duff 5 Tomas Brady 6 Ciaran O’Connor 7 Jamie Dixon 8 Cillian O’Grady (1-1) 9 Scott Ormsby (0-1) 10 Jake Molloy (1-0) 11 Sean Kehoe (0-2) 12 Harry Dinnigan (0-7, 0-4f) 13 Sam Glennon 14 Ronan O’Neill (1-5) 15 David O’Donnell
Subs used: 16 Bjorn Sackers 17 Mark Ryan 18 Lee O’Connor 19 Mark Jones 20 Aida Tancrad 21 Adam Heaney 22 Daniel Bolger 23 Ben Henry 24 Matthew Ryan 25 Billy Cosgrave 26 Cathal Sheeran 27 Neil Reynolds Hand 28 Eoin Canavan 29 Alex Kendellen 30 Lucas Lavin O’Reilly
Managers: Cillian Murphy, Tom O’Byrne.
Drimnagh Castle
1 Scott Massey White 2 Byron O’Hara 3 Shaun Begley 4 Charlie Quinn 5 Sean Comiskey 6 Glen Nwajei 7 Rhys Cullen 8 Darragh Emmett 9 Kian Dolan 10 Aaron Waterhouse (0-1) 11 Charlie Hamilton (0-1) 12 Bobby Kiernan 13 Jake Scott (0-2) 14 Sean White (2-0) 15 Aaron Keogh (0-2)
Subs used: Sean Duff, Leon Byrne, Darragh Mahoney, Ryan Daly, Carl Fox, Nathan Dowling, Callum Hanaphy, Sam Coleman, Ben Farrell, Fionn Higgins, Jamie Farrelly, Sean Kinsella, Charlie McGinn, Alex Glynn, Conor O’Neill
