Antrim Hurling

[NAG1]

What was the dunloy team Max?

Who played well for Rossa? Thats a big scalp for them and should be the motivation they need to get back up to Div 1.

[maxpower]

Sunloy were fairly strong, didn't play the u21's involved tonight but lined out as magee, mickey, damien mcmullan, cathair cunning, kevin martin, mal molloy, paudie shivers, darren webb, nancy, dick, paddy richmond, darren quinn, sean dowds, denver kelly, leo

Rossa played well as a team, certainly better than ourselves, with Gavin Bell and Chris Hamill prominent, a number 7 seemed to hurl well in second half and was hitting free's well.  Mickey Kettle in corner forward was unusual to see

[theskull1]

As slack as the backs were for a few of the scores Max they weren't that bad overall, and my take on it is that if the opposition score twelve times then you'd be expecting Dunloy to out gun that return. But we were simply shocking up front in the second half and thats the long and short of it. Bits and peiced of headless effort without any cut, thrust, teamplay or end product in mind. No breaking ball winners, no blocks, no hooks allowed easy clearance after easy clearance and provided plenty of oxegen for Rossas forward line to give us what we deserved. Some boys who are not lacking in talent need a good toe up their hole after that. No where near good enough and unless we see forwards starting to take games by the scruff then our championship hopes are zero.

[the colonel]

When will Shorty be back in action?

I'd say Rossa also were missing a few from the u21's

[NAG1]

I heard he was out for the season but should be back in time for next season.

[milltown row]

Sunloy were fairly strong, didn't play the u21's involved tonight but lined out as magee, mickey, damien mcmullan, cathair cunning, kevin martin, mal molloy, paudie shivers, darren webb, nancy, dick, paddy richmond, darren quinn, sean dowds, denver kelly, leo

Rossa played well as a team, certainly better than ourselves, with Gavin Bell and Chris Hamill prominent, a number 7 seemed to hurl well in second half and was hitting free's well.  Mickey Kettle in corner forward was unusual to see

i'd say the number 7 would have been Shannon. the young lad. very good hurler and still a minor. good result for Rossa and they seem to be making in-roads this year. with a few good minors to come into the panel over the next few years they may get back on track

[theskull1]

Anyone at the U21 match last night?...couldn't make it. Derry have normally been tough opposition at this level in the past so they must have done rightly judging by the scoreline.

[NAG1]

What was the score skull?

Derry had a round of senior football fixtures tuesday night which would have involved over half their hurling squad, tough two nights.

[Glensman]

Friend at it said it wasn't great at all.

Antrim beat Derry in Under 21 Hurling Final - Antrim 1-18 Derry 0-9

29 July 2009
Though far from impressive Antrim had too much hurling for Derry as they clinched the Ulster Under 21 title with a 1-18 to 0-9 win over the Oak Leaf boys at Casement Park.
Leading by just a point at the end of the opening quarter Antrim took a firm grip on the game when corner-forward CJ McGourty fired home the only goal of the game.
After that the Saffrons were well on top and went to lead by 1-8 to 0-3 at half time.
The second-half saw a similar pattern as Antrim picked off the points a couple in particular from Darren Hamill which really caught the eye.
Derry did manage to add six more points to their total, but Antrim were always in control, though they will know that their performance would fall well short of what will be needed in their semi-final clash with Kilkenny.
Scorers -- Antrim: CJ McGourty 1-6 (5f); R Donnelly 0-3; PJ O'Connell, E McCloskey, N McManus 0-2 each; P Doherty, D Hamill, P McNaughton 0-1 each. Derry: S Dodds 0-5f; A Kelly 0-2; C McElhinny, Cormac McKenna 0-1 each.

Antrim -- C O'Connell; C McKinley, C Donnelly, K McKeague; C Carson, A Graffin, C McKinley; PJ O'Connell, T McCann; P McNaughton, E McCloskey, N McManus; D Hamill, P Doherty, CJ McGourty. Subs: R Donnelly for C Carson, M Armstrong for N McManus, K Molloy for K McKeague

Derry -- D McDermott; D McCloskey, Conor McKenna, L Craig; S Cassidy, S McNicholl, C Murphy; O McCloskey, N Holly; G O'Neill, Cormac McKenna, S Dodds; P Cleary, S McCloskey, A Kelly. Subs: C McElhinny for G O'Neill, M Bradley for Cormac McKenna, J Darragh for S McCloskey, S Logue for P Cleary.

Ref -- G Devlin (Armagh)

[Glensman]

Skull - is that the same Kevin McKeague that got a pretty bad leg injury last year?
If so fair play to him for getting back to that level.

[the colonel]

Who is T McCann? where is he from. Strange that Paddy McNaughton decided to hurl for the u21's but wouldn't play for the minors? Still minor next year though. Hurling very well for our seniors

[NAG1]

I thought that was against the rules to play for an age group above your own without playing your own?

[theskull1]

Yes Glensman, thats Kevin. He had a tough year and a bit, but you'll not find a more committed individual and he is getting back to the level he was at now.

T McCann must be Thomas from Creggan. A good big lad with a very good attitude and application to the game.  

[imtommygunn]

I think T McCann is Tomas McCann from Creggan, They've had a few boys floating round underage panels this last few years.

That's a strong enough side for u21 level.

[the colonel]

I'd say it was his own personal choice NAG, I dont think that can be enforced