Rostrevor
win Minor Final Replay 18/10/2003
Down
Minor Football Championship Final: Rostrevor 1-15 Kilcoo 1-07
Taken from Mourne Observer Website - www.mourneobserver.com
Rostrevor
turned in a magnificent team performance in this replay of the Down Minor Championship.
This match didn't reach the same heights as the drawn game, simply because
the Reds never allowed Kilcoo in with a chance of winning. Rostrevor were superior
in most departments, particularly at midfield. Ryan Watt and Eamon McConville
controlled this sector until Patrick Grant made a belated spurt for Kilcoo in
the last 10 minutes.
Only Conor Laverty and Rory Devlin threatened to
trouble a Rostrevor defence oozing with confidence.
Aidan Cousins, Adrian
Magee and Martin Farrell were remarkably resilient in closing down the forwards
who had caused them so much grief the last time. At the other end of the field,
Adrian and Conor Mackin, Shaun Parr and Colm Clerkin were powerfully skilled attackers.
Niall McEvoy and Paul Greenan coped admirably under serious pressure.
Rostrevor were already looking superior before Conor Mackin set up Adrian Mackin
for a devastating goal. Conor Mackin missed a second goal and even the dismissal
of Chris Doyle didn't harm the Reds' momentum.
At half time they led
1-9 to 0-3 and already the result looked inevitable. Early in the second half
Eamon McConville stepped back over his goal line and gifted Kilcoo a goal.
Kilcoo sensed a chance but when Aidan Cousins denied Conor Laverty on his line
it was all over. Rostrevor were undisputed minor champions of 2003.
Kilcoo:
Stephen Kane, Chris Ward, Roger Morgan, Martin Farrell, Dean McCusker, Niall
McEvoy, Paul Greenan, Felim McGreevy, Patrick Grant, Cathal McEvoy, Conor Laverty
0-3, John McGreevy, Alphonsus McEvoy, Ruairi Devlin, Paul Kane 1-3.
Subs:
Sean Kelly 0-1, Arthur McClean, Gary Morgan.
Rostrevor:
Jonathan
Parr, Neil Morgan, Aidan Cousins, Martin Farrell, Julian Keogh, Pat Mooney, Adrian
Magee, Ryan Watt 0-1, Eamon McConville, Conor Mackin 0-3, Chris Doyle, Pat McEntee,
Colm Clerkin 0-3, Shaun Parr 0-1, Adrian Mackin 1-7.
Sub:
Colin Farrell.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
THE player of the match was unquestionably Adrian
Mackin. Lining out at corner forward, Mackin roamed at will, creating havoc in
the Kilcoo backline. His positional sense, passing and scoring were all top class.
He had good support from Conor Mackin and Shaun Parr but Adrian certainly did
more than anyone to win this game for Rostrevor.
The save of the match
was made by Kilcoo's Stephen Kane 10 minutes into the second half when he denied
Adrian Mackin a goal.
The move of the match involved Eamon McConville
and Conor Mackin before Adrian Mackin took his first half goal.
