TUS Clare Senior Hurling Championship Group 2 Round Two: Kilmaley 0-22 V Feakle 0-21
Kilmaley have maintained their perfect start to the TUS Clare Senior Hurling Championship following a hard fought win over Feakle.
The Mid-Clare outfit were aided by a slight wind in the opening period and used it to carve out the minimum advantage at the break with Michael O’Malley, James McGuire, Tom O’Rourke, Sean O’Loughlin, Sean Kennedy and Conor Cleary all splitting the posts.
For Feakle, Adam Hogan and Ronan O’Connor were dominant in the half-back line while Shane McGrath was lively contributing 0-07 in the opening period, while OisÃn Donnellan fired over twice.
At half-time Kilmaley led by 0-13 to 0-12.
It was more of the same in the second period, as both sides continued to trade blow for blow in a rip-roaring contest, with Feakle hitting a purple patch shortly after the restart to lead 0-18 to 0-15 by the fortieth minute.
After this though, Feakle would hit a barren spell going seventeen minutes without a score, while James McGuire, Michael O’Malley and Colm Killeen all fired over for Kilmaley in between.
A late Brian O’Loughlin intervention also proved crucial, making a pointblank save to deny Feakle’s Eoin McGann.
For a finish Kilmaley prevailed by the minimum on a final scoreline of 0-22 to 0-21.