MC ELVANEY’S WASTE & RECYCLING INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

Rockcorry 2-17, Currin 2-8.

Rockcorry staged an increasingly effective second-half performance to book their place in the semi-final of the intermediate football championship at the expense of Currin in this tough, hard-hitting yet always entertaining contest in Smithboro on Sunday afternoon last. After a close opening 10 minutes during which the sides were level twice Currin then took a decisive grip on proceedings with a 2 goal salvo within a minute and a half, which left Rockcorry playing catch up for the remainder of the half, something which they did quite effectively to level the game at half-time with three late unanswered points to leave it 2-3 to 0-9. Rockcorry laid the foundations for victory with a scintillating start to the 2^nd half to hit Currin with an unanswered 2-1 in the opening 7 minutes, the 1^st goal coming 2 minutes after the resumption and the 2^nd 2 minutes later, blows that Currin never effectively recovered from and the nearest they were to get was within 6 points on a couple of occasions for the remainder of the match. Fergal McGeough top scored with 1-7, 2 from frees and one from a ‘45 and his power play on the 40 was a key factor in Rockcorry’s victory while at the back their defence anchored by Conor McGeough, Niall McKeown at full-back and Keith Daly afforded Currin little room or opportunity for scores.

Teams and Scorers: Rockcorry: Jamie Smith, Conor McGeough, Niall McKeown, Colin Quinn, Andrew McPhillips, Keith Daly, Martin Carroll, Mark Daly 0-1 (f), Mark Thornton, Noel Carroll 1-0, Fergal McGeough 1-7 (0-3f), Lorcan Smith 0-1, Aaron O’Gorman 0-3 (2f), Paul McKeown 0-1, Mark McGuirk 0-3. Subs: Anthony Tate 0-1 for M McGuirk, Cathal Sheridan for P McKeown.

Currin: Fergal Connolly, Colm McCaffrey, Ronan King, Ben Clerkin, Patrick McDermott, Conor McCaffrey, Darragh Brady, Dick Clerkin 1-2, Enda McCaffrey 1-0, Ciaran McCaffrey, Kieran Kearns, Jason McKernan, Niall McEntee 0-1, Stephen Smyth 0-5 (5f), Cian North. Subs: Paul Rudden for B Clerkin, Anthony Leonard for C North (Black Card), Hugh Reilly for R King, Damien Connolly for N McEntee. Referee: Sean Ward (Inniskeen).