That was a serious Kilcoo performance against physically stronger opposition who benefited from a series of tight decisions. It took the referee quite a while to realise that Ballyboden were consistantly taking out Kilcoo players as they released the ball, but McAuley's foul was probably the third in the same sequence of play and he had to go. While there seemed to be plenty of verbals from both sides, Kilcoo kept their overall discipline better throughout. Their defence was outstanding, with Ryan McEvoy doing an unbelieveable job for a teenage full back, and Laverty proved again that, regardless of your size and age, a football brain will take you a long way.
