Black and Whites 2-20 Naomh Fionnbarra 1-07
AIB Leinster Club Junior Hurling Championship Final
Sunday, 29th. November, 2009
On a cold wet day we made the trip to Kilkenny to play Black and Whites on their own ground. The pitch was in the middle of the country and a loud convoy of cars and buses descended on the quiet Kilkenny countryside. A huge crowd from Cabra packed the small ground but it was soon clear that this wasn’t to be our day.
The home team set out their stall early on with points from Paul Murphy (three), Tom Moloney, Peter Cleere (two) and Niall Kennedy inside the opening quarter. Midfielder Gerry Dodrill scored a brace in reply for us, but we were dealt a crushing blow in the 19th. minute when Stephen Costello was issued with a straight red card.
Playing with the strong breeze, Black & Whites continued to tack on the scores and took a 1-11 to 0-2 lead into the break thanks to Tommy Farrell’s 27th. minute goal.
We responded brilliantly with three unanswered points on the restart before Niall Paget’s shot ended up in the net. With nine minutes to go, we had cut the margin down to 2-14 to 1-7, but the home side then put the issue beyond doubt thanks to late points from Paul Murphy as they secured their second Leinster junior title in seven years.
Our fantastic campaign was over for 2009 but the dream lives on.
A Luta Continua! Tiocfaidh ár lá!
On a cold wet day we made the trip to Kilkenny to play Black and Whites on their own ground. The pitch was in the middle of the country and a loud convoy of cars and buses descended on the quiet Kilkenny countryside. A huge crowd from Cabra packed the small ground but it was soon clear that this wasn’t to be our day.
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