Ulster Colleges

[naka]

Half time
Abbey 2-0
Omagh 0-5

[naka]

Abbey 2-2
Omagh 0-8
Hard / tight game
Being an abbey man we had goal chances to win it but Omagh had last couple of wides

[Any craic]

See video from tonight's draw, including the penalty which was harsh? Some great scores and some near misses from both teams... a draw fair enough in the end.. http://ulstercollegesgaa.org/general/videos-abbey-cbs-2-2-omagh-cbs-0-8/

[naka]

Bessbrook ( St pauls) beat st col mans by 3
Good game
Best team won but it was a fine battle

[Any craic]

See match highlights from Colmans v Bessbrook... some save at 3.10 to prevent a Colmans goal..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tovxGjY-P5o&list=UUV9FRrEJ8GGtVudz5pb5AeQ

[naka]

The goal at that time would have put colmans in front so was the winning of the game

[big balla]

http://ulstercollegesgaa.org/football/easy-enough-macrory-cavan/

[NP 76]

Your right Naka that save won the game for St. Paul's. Great game in really poor conditions. A credit to both sets of players and managers. I thought John Rafferty spent as much time on the field as some players today on top of the referee after every decision against him.

[orangeman]

Your right Naka that save won the game for St. Paul's. Great game in really poor conditions. A credit to both sets of players and managers. I thought John Rafferty spent as much time on the field as some players today on top of the referee after every decision against him.

Pat has been away from the game for a while. John might have through the needed guidance on the new rules and was there in an advisory capacity.

[Any craic]

The Academy beat Maghera tonight.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_hrPvcxPYY&feature=youtu.be

[Any craic]

RESULT: Omagh CBS 0-12 Abbey CBS 0-9 in tonight's DB MacRory Cup replay.

[ONeill]

Good to see the Tyrone sides back mixing it. We had a bit of a hiatus there.

[Any craic]

Video: See 3 minutes of highlights from tonight's MacRory Cup win for Omagh CBS over Abbey CBS http://youtu.be/-BaAEmXs9No

[never kickt a ball]

In the absence of Any craic

St Patrick's Cavan into MacRory Cup decider
St Patrick's Cavan reached their first MacRory Cup final since 1975 thanks to a convincing 1-12 to 2-4 win over Omagh CBS at Castleblayney.
The Breffni boys will meet St Patrick's Dungannon on St Patrick's Day.
Cathal Donaghy smashed home a ninth minute goal for Omagh but Thomas Edward Donohue found the net on 24 minutes as his side led 1-7 to 1-3 at half-time.
The Cavan side confirmed their dominance in the second half, although Gavin Slane scored a goal for Omagh.
A team with a terrific work ethic and a couple of accurate finishers, the Breffni lads turned in a committed display to reach their first decider for 40 years, when their manager was Cardinal Sean Brady.
After Donaghy's goal the Breffni county lads worked their way back with scores from corner men Donohue and Conor Smith to go level by the 21st minute.
And St Pat's then struck for a goal, Ben Conaty slipping the ball to Donohue for a clinical finish past Packie O'Neill.
Donohue's third converted free eased Cavan into a 1-7 to 1-3 interval lead, and once they got the wind in their backs in the second half, they thrived.
Centre back Cian McManus was a constant driving force from deep, and they added scores through Matthew McKenna, Donohue and a brilliant Pierce Smith effort.
A defensive error allowed Slane to nip in for a 52nd minute Omagh goal, but Cavan regained their composure to finish the job off with late scores from Smith, and Omagh finished with 14 men, following the straight red card dismissal of defender Eoghain Murray.
St Patrick's Cavan scorers: Thomas Edward Donohue 1-4 (3f), Pierce Smith 0-3 (2f), Conor Smith, Matthew McKenna 0-2 each, Ben Conaty 0-1.
Omagh CBS scorers: Gavin Slane, C Donaghy 1-0 each, James Darcy (f), John Harkin (f), Nathan Donnelly, Aidan McSorley 0-1 each.

[Line Ball]

Outstanding First Half Puts Academy into MacRory Final

February 28, 2015

St Patrick's Academy Dungannon 3-11 St Paul's Bessbrook 1-10

An outstanding first half display paved the way for St Patrick's Academy Dungannon to reach the Danske Bank MacRory Cup final at the expense of St Paul's Bessbrook in Armagh last night.

With the wind at their backs the Tyrone school dominated the opening half to establish a 3-8 to 1-3 lead against the shell shocked MacCormack Cup winners. It could well have been worse for Bessbrook as the winners had two goals chalked off in the first half for square ball infringements.

The Academy couldn't have asked for a better start to the game with Ryan Coleman and Cormac O'Hagan combining for Daniel Kerr to get a goal with only thirty seconds gone on the clock. The next two scores turned out to be goals as well as first of all Shea Hoey levelled in the eighth minute. But almost immediately O'Hagan converted a penalty after Fintan McClure had been followed.
Wing back Liam Rafferty and Kerr tagged on points before Jody McGovern replied for Bessbrook. The superb Ryan Coleman then landed a brilliant point from distance before the same player exchanged passes with O'Hagan to fire to the net.

A speculative effort from centre half back Stephen Corr sailed all the way to the net but it was ruled out as was a finish moments later from Mark Donnelly. O'Hagan knocked over two frees before a relieved Bessbrook greeted the half time whistle.

In the opening minutes of the second half Hoey twice had good chances for goals but all he got was a point to show for his efforts and after that a superb Academy defence closed up shop with Ciaran Higgins, Stephen Corr and Michael McKernan to the fore.
Bessbrook were forced into shooting from long range and most of the time their shots were under severe pressure. Jody McGovern, Hoey, Caolan McConville and Miceal McNamee had points but the Academy maintained a safe distance thanks to efforts from Coleman and Rafferty as they made it through to the St.Patrick's Day showpiece.

St Patrick's Academy Dungannon: C Donaghy, C Barker, C Higgins, C Lyons, L Rafferty (0-2), S Corr, M McKernan, C Campbell (0-1), B Kennedy, C O'Hagan (1-2, 2f, 1-0pen), D Kerr (1-1), C Kilpatrick, R Coleman (1-3), F McClure (0-1,1f), M Donnelly (0-1).
Subs: P Molloy for Donnelly, N Muldoon for Corr, L Mallon for Kilpatrick, B Crealey for Kennedy

St Paul's Bessbrook: M Murphy, S Finnegan, C Boylan, K Mallon, D Loye, R Gaskin (0-1), F O'Rourke, C McConville (0-2), P Quinn, R McSherry, M McCabe, J McGovern (0-3), M McNamee (0-2, 2f), J Og Burns, S Hoey (1-2).
Subs: J Durnin for O'Rourke, P McArdle for Boyle, S Conlon for McSherry

Referee: J McQuillan, Cavan