Simonstown 1—14 (1—7)Trim 2—11 (1—3)
Fionn O Hanluain was the hero when he slotted over a forty five(45) in sixth minute of added time to earn Simonstown a draw in Bective on Saturday afternoon in blazing sunshine. Referee Gus Martyn allowed water breaks and rest time at mid time in each half. This result sees Simonstown into Quarter Final of Premier Div 2 Championship.
Peter Duffy got the scoreboard ticking for the Navan men from far out after three minutes.Fionn O Hanluain slotted over but two frees for Trim left it 0—2 each at end of first quarter. A flowing Trim move end with a goal. Liam Purvis surged forward from corner back and fired over from acute angle 0—3 to 1—2. A long searching ball from David McKeever found Luke Caffrey bearing down on goal—he rounded the keeper and finished to the net 1—3 to 1—2 . Trim tagged on a point to make it 1—3 each with time up. In added time Luke Caffrey score three 0—3 (1F) and Jack Melia pointed to leave Simons leading at the break 1—7 to 1—3.
Both teams scored three points each during third quarter with two from Caffrey (1f) and Kyle McEvoy on the mark. Simons 1—10 Trim 1—6 at mid time water break in second half. Three more Luke Caffrey points (2f) stretched Simonstown to six 1—13 to 1—7 with ten minutes to play. Trim then began to dominate play as Simons faded a little and chalked on 1—3 (2fs) to tie the scores 1—13 to 2—10. Sean Foley put Trim ahead from a free and in sixth minute Fionn O Hanluain converted a forty five to the great relief of his teams mates and supporters. The long whistle sounded on the kick out.
Simonstown; Ronan Duffy,... Liam Purvis(0—1), Mark Gardiner,Sean McDermott,..Fionn O Hanluain (0—2)1x45, Rory O Connor, Eoghan Foley... Peter Duffy(0—1), David McKeever...Ruairi Brady, Joe Lyons,Kyle McEvoy(0—1)...Luke Caffrey (1—8)4f, Jack Melia (0—1), Shane Kavanagh...
**Subs; Anthony McDonagh/S.Kavanagh..Conor Staunton/S.McDermott..Seamus Kenny/ R.Brady..Robert Smyth/ J.Melia
Extd. Panel; Mikey McDonagh, Kyle Gallagher, Jack Dunne,Sean O Connell, Dara Sherdian, Cody Chinchilla,
Niall Kane.
***Trim; Peter Brennan...Cian Walsh,Shane Downes, Conor Hurley...Padraig Walsh, Cian Downes, Evan Collins...Mark Murray, Cian M. Walsh...Conor McKeown, Gary Fleming, Neill Sweeney...Sean Foley, Mickey Cole, Neill Heffernan...
