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St Lomans Mullingar 1.12 Coralstown Kinneagd 1.06

St Lomans booked their place in the championship final after a hard earned six-point win against Coralstown Kinnegad on Sunday afternoon last. A Ken Casey goal late in the game sealed the win for St Lomans to set up a repeat of last year’s decider against Tyrrellspass. 

Kinnegad set their stall out early and it was obvious from early on that this game wasn’t going to be a high scoring encounter. There were however a few early scores with three points each from both teams in the first eleven minutes. John Heslin (2) and Shane Dempsey were on target for St Lomans. Dempsey’s score came after a sublime Paul Sharry pass. Shane Flynn operating further out the field than normal kicked from distance while John Heslin got his third point after a powerful run through the Kinnegad defence. 

St Lomans extended their lead at the start of the second half and put five points between the teams with Dempsey and Heslin(2) adding to their tallies. Darren Giles and Ger Leech added points to keep Kinnegad in touch but a period of five unanswered scores including David Windsor getting his name on the scoresheet left Kinnegad needing to throw caution to the wind with time running out. St Lomans punished them with two minutes left on the clock after a Paddy Dowdall interception sent John Heslin on his way for a counter attack. Heslin unselfishly set up Ken Casey who made no mistake and buried to the net. Kinnegad did respond with a goal of their own deep in injury time but it was all in vain as St Lomans finished six-point winners.

Team; Jason Daly, Sean Flanagan, Shane Flynn(0.01), Gerry Grehan, Gary Glennon, Paddy Dowdall, David Whelan, Paul Sharry(0.01), Kelvin Reilly, Kieran Lynam, Ronan O Toole, David Windsor(0.01), Ken Casey(1.00), John Heslin(0.06,4f), Shane Dempsey(0.03). Subs Used; Ciaran Kilmurray, Garrett Hickey, Billy O Loughlin and Neil O Toole.