Borris-Ileigh impress in seeing off Toomevara

FBD Insurance County Senior Hurling Championship Group 2 Round 2

 

Borris-Ileigh 3-18

Toomevara 1-15

 

Borris-Ileigh sounded an impressive notice about their pretention for honours this year with an impressive nine point win over great rivals Toomevara on Saturday which has booked them a place in the quarter final of the County Senior Hurling Championship.

Having been badly hampered by injuries in 2018 which prevented them from building on reaching a county final appearance the year previous, the maroons appear to be back in rude health and with quality re-enforcements added in minors JD Devaney and Kevin Maher, they have a starting fifteen to match the best in the county.

Maher took up the close range free-taking role and was unerring, leaving Brendan Maher to focus on his defensive duties, but he did venture forward to score a first half injury time penalty, which broke the game open for his side.

This came shortly after JD Devaney had scored the first of two goals on the evening, firstly taking a pass from Kevin Maher before finishing from close range; a move that began with a rare first time ball off the ground from Tommy Ryan in midfield.

Devaney’s second goal was a confident strike on 42 minutes, giving Toomevara keeper Rory Brislane the eyes when played in by Dan McCormack and shooting to the other corner of the net.

 

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