Thursday, 23rd August 2018


sport@eastcorkjournal.ie East Cork Junior B Championship For Russell Rovers -


Russell Rovers Bridge 32 Year Gap To Capture Title Russell Rovers 2-9 Bride Rovers 0-11


the 18th minute another Russell Rovers captured


the Michael Beag Cole- man Cup for only the sec- ond time in their history, when they just about got the better of Bride Rovers in a well contested final, played in Ballinacurra last Saturday afternoon. Two first half goals when playing with


With a strong breeze


blowing down the field Bride Rovers were first to score with Terry Broderick pointing in the third min- ute and although against the breeze Bride Rovers with Jason Mannix, Jason Pratt, Daniel Dooley and Barry Johnson all


play- the


breeze gave Russell Rov- ers a cushion and, in the finish, it was those two goals that won them the match as Bride Rovers came in search of goals, but sterling defending by the Shanagarry outfit kept them out.


ing well, were controlling possession. Russell Rovers kept probing and in the 14th


minute team cap-


tain Brian Hartnett burst through at pace and he finished superbly for the first Russell Rovers goal. Chris Ruddy immediate- ly slotted a point and in


superb move saw Kevin Moynihan part to Ruddy and he made no mistake with a powerful shot to the net. Russell


Rovers were


now dominating and two further points from Ruddy and one from Brian Hart- nett had them well in con- trol as the only reply from Bride Rovers came from a 29th


minute free from Ter-


ry Broderick that left Bride Rovers trailing by 2-4 to 0-2 at the interval. On the


resumption


Bride Rovers slotted two quick points from Liam Forde and Terry Brod- erick and it looked to be game on. Russell Rovers now facing the strong breeze went upfield and superb points from Eoin


McGrath and Chris Rud- dy negated


those early


points for the Rathcor- mac men. However, Bride Rovers are made of stern stuff and they again set about eating into the lead and points from Broder- ick, Brendan Walsh and Broderick again left Rus- sell Rovers leading by 2-7 to 0-7 at the three-quarter mark as sub Josh Beau- sang had shot over for the Shanagarry side. Those two goals were be


proving to a good


cushion and with JP Iv- ers, James Kennefick, Luke Murray and Kevin O’Brien


doing sterling


work in defence the Shan- agarry men never looked like conceding a goal. They also managed to get upfield and precious points


from Brian Hartnett in the 50th


minute and another


from a Chris Ruddy free still had the six points clear going into the final ten minutes. Bride Rovers had to settle for points but with Broderick and Walsh rais- ing white flags the gap was beginning to close again as the clock was now against them. They hit in several high balls in the hope of poaching a goal, but in the finish, they had to settle for another two points from Terry Broderick free’s. Deep into injury time they almost got a goal, but that effort


and after six minutes of injury time the


was also repelled 32-year


gap back to their only win in 1986 was breached by a Russell Rovers side that were worthy champions at


the finish. The


Coleman Cup was pre- sented


Michael Russell


Rovers


captain Brian Hartnett by East Cork Board chair- man Donal O’Keeffe, who complimented both teams, the officials and the Ball- inacurra club for having everything in order. He wished both clubs well in their forthcoming fixtures as Russell rovers were crowned East Cork Junior “B” football


champions


for 2018. Russell Rovers: C Rud-


dy 1-5, B Hartnett 1-2, J Beausang and E McGrath 0-1 each. Bride rovers: T Broder-


ick 0-8, B Walsh 0-2 and L Forde 0-1. Russell Rovers: D Rud- dy, E McGrath, JP Ivers, K


Beag


O’Brien, K Ivers, J Kenne- fick, D O’Brien, L Murray, D Whelehan, B Whele- han, F Murray, B Hart- nett Capt, J McGrath, C Ruddy and K Moynihan. Subs used A Archer for D Whelehan, J Beausang for F Murray and I Smiddy for K Moynihan. Bride Rovers: F Hogan, T O’Sullivan, S Walsh, J Mannix, S o’Connor, J Pratt, B Johnson, D Dooley Capt, B Walsh, DJ Cahill, L Forde, R Prendergast, D Buckley, E O’hEochaidh and T Broderick. Subs used J Mannix for B John- son, C Ryan for D Buckley and G O’Keeney for R Prendergast. Referee: Robert Whelan (Aghada)


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