| Down outclassed by Kilkenny in U21 Hurling Semi
Final at Mullingar - 23/08/2002
ERIN
ALL-IRELAND U-21 HURLING S-FINALS - Kilkenny 4-19 1-07 Down Kilkenny
advanced to the final of the Erin All-Ireland U21 HC with ease, after registering
a 21-point win over Ulster champions Down at Mullingar on Saturday. The Leinster
champions showed no signs of generosity in their game, and at the break led comfortably,
1-12 to 0-5.
Kilkenny's first-half
goal came from Willie O'Dwyer. Paul Braniff was the Mourne men's most reliable
scorer, and all five points in the first half came from Braniff's hurl from frees.
In the second half, he was just as important, scoring his side's goal when he
batted Gabriel Clarke's free into the net.
However,
that score came long after Kilkenny had wrapped up the match, with three goals
in four minutes early in the second half. Four minutes after the restart, Conor
Phelan soloed through the Down defence before releasing to Brian Dowling, who
finished to the net. Two minutes later, Aidan Fogarty got a third goal, and hardly
60 seconds had passed when Sean O'Neill got the fourth. Gareth Johnson accounted
for Down's remaining two points, but they came as little consolation for the Ulster
men.
Kilkenny -
D Herity;
G Joyce, C Hickey, M Phelan; K Coogan, J Tyrrell, JJ Delaney; S Hennessy, T Walsh;
C Phelan, P Cleere, W O'Dwyer; A Fogarty, S O'Neill, B Dowling.
Down
-
R Murray; G Dynes, R Conlon, S Roddy; J Hughes, G Clarke, P Hughes;
B McGourty, D McCuster; A Dynes, P Braniff, E Clarke; S Clarke, G Johnson, N Gilmore.
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