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Division 5 Team Suffer Defeat
13-02-2017

St Lomans Mullingar 1.07 Moate 0.11


St Lomans can count themselves very unlucky not to have secured at least a share of the spoils when leaving a bitterly cold Hogan Park last Sunday morning. Selectors Jack Nugent and Robbie Cleary started with a team which offered a nice blend of youth and experience and overall the players acquitted themselves very well considering it was the opening league game of the 2017 season.


Having won the toss, Moate chose to play with the advantage of a strong wind and they got off to a good start by tapping over some early points. It took St. Lomans a while to settle but with Michael Gleeson and Shane Boyce controlling the halfback line and with Christy Gilbert and Johnno Plunkett controlling midfield St Lomans started to gain a foothold and eventually found their stride. Declan Colgan opened the scoring for the blues with a well taken point and shortly afterward the lively James Cox raised another white flag to leave Moate going into the break with a 0-6 to 0-2 advantage.


With Moate now facing the wind in the second half they took a more direct route towards the St Lomans goal however thanks to the excellent Mark Browne and the evergreen Joe Mathews the Lomans defence held firm. The introduction of Johnson, Sheridan, Broderick and Regan worked very well and added a new impetus to the side. Colgan and Cox continued with some good scores and when Enda Lambden was dragged down for a penalty Gareth Hickey assuredly converted it, leaving it all square with few minutes to go. St Lomans really should have pushed on at this stage as the game was there for the taking but with time nearly up a lapse of concentration allowed Moate to push forward to score the winner. Overall this was an excellent display from such a varied team and augurs well for the future.


Joe Matthews (c), Shane Cleary, Mark Browne, Tommy Kilmurray, Michael Gleeson, Shane Boyce, Kyle McGurran, Chris Gilbert, Jonathom Plunkett, Conor Matthews, Declan Colgan (0-2), Andrew McKenna, James Cox (0-4), Gareth Hickey ((1-1), Enda Lambden. Subs Used ; Tristian Johnson (HT), Stephen Sheridan (HT), Hugh Broderick (HT) & Sean Regan (HT).