Mitchels defeat Rangers in Under 21 Preliminary matchup
They move on to play West Kerry in Round 1
Laune Rangers 0-11, John Mitchels 1-13
Laune Rangers hosted John Mitchels in JP O’Sullivan Park,
Killorglin in the Preliminary Round of the Acorn Life County Under 21
Championship. Mitchels travelled with a
near full strength team – with the exception of injured Jared O’Sullivan –
while Rangers fielded a very young team as they were without a host of players
through injury and holiday.
A tight first half left just a point between the sides at
the break. Three points each from Niall
Sheehy & Sean Moloney (2 frees each)
were met with points from John O’Shea (3, 2 frees), Daniel Macbeth & John
Tyther. The third quarter was dominated
by John Mitchels, as they took a commanding lead soon after the break. Points from Gary Murphy, Cian O’Brien, James
Duggan, Niall Sheehy (free), Sean Moloney were added to an Akeem Molloy goal
put the visitors 1-11 to 0-5 ahead with 15 minutes to play. Patrick Daly added a free for Rangers before
the Killorglin side lost John Francis O’Grady to a black card. Laune Rangers had some goal chances late on
& added points from John O’Shea (free), Patrick Daly, Jamie Clifford, Gary
Naughton & John Tyther. However,
points from Mitchels’ James Duggan & Jake Moran were enough to secure the
win for the Tralee side. The final
score:- Laune Rangers 0-11, John Mitchels 1-13.
The age profile of both sides were a telling factor in this
side as John Mitchels were able to field a team of players in the later stages
of U21 football, while the average age of the 16 players that togged out for
Laune Rangers was just over 18 years old.
The third quarter flurry by Mitchels proved enough to win the game, and
they now move on to Round One of the Championship to face West Kerry.
Laune Rangers: Robert Lynch, Neil O’Shea, George Evans, Neil
O’Brien, Gavin O’Shea (capt), John Tyther (0-2), Christian Fleming, Daniel
Macbeth (0-1), John Francis O’Grady, Jamie Clifford (0-1), David Costello, Jack
Smith, Patrick Daly (0-2, 1f), John O’Shea (0-4, 3f), Gary Naughton (0-1). Sub: Pierce Tyther.
John Mitchels: Josh Reilly, Argjent Kastrati, Cian Sheridan,
Keith Madden, Gary Murphy (0-1), Frank O’Donnell, Pat Kearney, Mike Wren, Jake
Moran (0-1), Akeem Molloy (1-0), Niall Sheehy (0-4, 3f), Jonathan O’Halloran,
Cian O’Brien (0-1), Sean Moloney (0-4, 2f), James Duggan (0-2). Subs: Aaron O’Keeffe, Michael Walsh, Dylan
O’Brien, Danny Houlihan.
