Hogan Cup Final 2011 - St Colmans College, Newry (Down) v St Jarlaths, Tuam, (Ga

[sammymaguire]

Very good game of football, tough on the Westenrners to lose by a point as they had enough chances to lift the silverware

[FL/MAYO]

The sub #19 for Jarlaths made a big difference when he came on, Farraher I think his name was, Jarlaths seem to steady up upon his arrival the field.

[imtommygunn]

Yeah you have to feel sorry for Jarlaths. If they're a young team hopefully they'll come back from it.

[Jinxy]

Did they give the man of the match to Mooney? 

[armaghniac]

Goals win games. On another day the Jarlath's keeper would have saved one and it might have been different.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Is he a Galway minor?
Big, strong, fast and kicks with both feet.
Has all the tools anyway.

Presume he'll be with the minors this year.

And yeah I'd say the keeper will be dog sick for his howler but then again 3 or 4 other lads missed goal chances so they can't be too hard on him.

[moysider]

Ah shame. Jarlaths played some great football.

[Jinxy]

The ref should have played at least another minute.

[FL/MAYO]

There is some size difference between the teams, are both teams not the same age? I remember back in my day the Ulster colleges were always older when they played in the Mc Rory cup but had to drop any player over 18 for the Hogan campaign, is it still the same?

[Mid Down Gael]

As a Down man i can admitt St Colemans had lady luck on their side today and Maurice Deegan was very good to them with some critical calls that he gave their way and their was at least another minute off injury time that was wasted during the 3 minutes.
Jarlaths gave away a very slack goal and hit the woodwork twice, just wasnt their day and will wonder how they lost, i thought they where the best team.
Shane Walsh was outstanding but i felt he could have slipped a ball inside midway thru the half to a player in a better position.
Caolan Mooney was again outstanding, a super footballer and is the main reason St Colemans won back to back hogans. Eamon Magee had a steady hour also while Jerome Johnston was in and out of it.
Moving Shea McArdle to his natural position of corner forward proved vital, a classy young player who can be lethal on his day.
Well done St Colemans, they won Hogan and MacRory by the minumum, easily could have lost both but you have to respect their character. Mooney deserves all the credit, no disrespect to the other players, but he was the man this last two years in colleges football that was a class apart and a real match winner.

[whitegoodman]

Thought it was a bit strange to see the no 5 jersey on shea mccardle, is he not a clear cut corner forward.  Was a bit disappointed in the 2 johnstons today compared to their usual level anyway.  Mooney is a match winner but drifts in and out of the game 2 much, hopefully will grow out of that in Oz and come back a better player.

Colemans were very poor 2day, maybe the start they got gave them a false sense of security and they thought they had the game won but they were clearly the 2nd best team for the middle 40 of the match.  Fair play to St Jarlaths and if its true that alot of that team is eligble next year, i can see them being back in croke.

[redandblack4ever]

St. Colman's got very lucky today but I'm thrilled that they won the Hogan Cup for a second year in a row. Caolan Mooney is some player and he'll only get better down in Oz. Hopefully he'll serve his time there and then come back home and  play for Down. Take a page out of Marty Clarke's book.

I can't say enough about St. Jarlath's though. They deserved to win the game, they played the better football overall during the match. I'd definitely keep my eye on them for next year.

Congrats to all the St. Colman's players and especially the management. They set out this year to win back-to-back Hogan's and no-one gave them much of a chance. But they did it!!!

[mountainboii]

Well done to the College. Rode their luck a fair bit, but good teams always seem to be able to do that. The second All Ireland to come back to Armagh so far this year, we must be nailed on for September!

[whitegoodman]

How many armagh players are actually on the team, just interested to know in terms of this years minor championship.  I know a good school team doesnt necessary translate to a good county minor team but it doesnt do any harm

[DownFanatic]

Winning back to back Hogan's is some achievement. Regardless of whether or not they played well today, they still won and thats what counts.

Cathal Murray has had serious success  at colleges level in the past 7/8 years. Took St Louis, Kilkeel, to McLarnon and All Ireland B success in 2004 and then took to the same school to MacRory Finals in 05 and 06. Then bringing St Colmans back to back MacRory's and Hogan's in '10 and '11.

Not much mention has been given to Barry Kelly on the management team. He took a Dan Gordon inspired St Patrick's, Downpatrick, to the McLarnon Cup in 2001. A good motivator and astute tactician.

Hopefully a filter of these players will sink in to the Down Minors and U-21's over the next few years. In my opinion Mooney is not as good as Marty Clarke was at that age but hopefully we will see him back in the Red and Black sooner rather than later.