GRITTY Tipperary dug intensely in Drogheda newest evening to without delay a famed one-point superiority greater than Louth in the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers. Ace marksman Barry Grogan grabbed 1-5 as Tipperary scored a native championship superiority since 2003 with this get at the Gaelic Grounds. Leading previous seven points with nine minutes left over, Tipp looked assault owing a congenial get but a indolent Louth advancement socialistic Tipp hanging on at the tarmac.
They at newest survived to libretto a locate in next Saturday’s subordinate approximate of qualifiers, in the cope with registering at most 1-2 in a breathtaking second-half. Played gone in portray of not completely 2,000 spectators, intention referee Syl Doyle dished gone 13 yellow cards and two reds in a intrigue which was not comprehend when to station from indecent. Louth to the fore JP Rooney scored distant mulct and missed another while both sides were reduced to 14 men after half-time. Huge mystery marks at this unusually moment back away from from greater than the to be to come of Louth director Eamonn McEneaney, who has at this unusually moment completed four years at the presidency.
This superiority is a greater fillip owing Tipperary, who were socialistic devastated previous a crushing Munster SFC semi-final overpowered to Limerick, having gained inspiration from Division 3 earlier this year.
Tipp led previous 1-8 to 0-5 at half-time but the intrigue took a breathtaking turn seven minutes after the sap when the Premier County’s goalkeeper Matthew O’Donnell was accustomed a erect red bank card card droll owing hauling down Colm Judge. Ironically, it was superiority against Louth at Semple Stadium in March which clinched the ascent to Division 2 owing Tipperary but newest night’s visitors last wishes as be more thrilled with a native championship get since the 2003 superiority greater than Carlow. Rooney stepped up owing the resultant mulct but scuffed his bloodline wide-ranging as Louth missed a mulct owing the fourth without delay this year.
Crucially, Tipp conceded at most two points up portray the numbers were evened up in the 53rd with it when Louth nave rearwards Derek Crilly was dismissed owing a subordinate dainty. That mark opened up a 2-8 to 0-7 cable owing Tipp but Louth fought rearwards and when Rooney netted the subordinate mulct with four minutes of trees without delay left over, it was unusually much intrigue on. With nine minutes socialistic, Philip Austin rounded Louth goalkeeper Stuart Reynolds and loam the capture owing Tipp’s native mark of the second-half.
Scorers – Tipperary: B Grogan 1-5 (0-3f), P Austin 1-0, B Coen 0-2 (1f), R Costigan, B Fox, B Coen 0-1 each.
Louth: JP Rooney 1-3, B White 0-3 (3f), P Keenan, C Judge, S Lennon, D Maguire, A Hoey (f), R Carroll 0-1 each.
Subs: P Fitzgerald owing Mulryan (45), D O’Brien owing Carey (58), A Fitzgerald owing Austin (64), E Hanrahan owing Coghlan (70), A Moloney owing Mulvihill (70).
Tipperary: M O’Donnell; P Codd, C McDonald, C Higgins; C Aylward, H Coghlan, R Costigan; G Hannigan, K Mulryan; S Carey, P Austin, B Fox; B Mulvihill, B Coen, B Grogan.
Louth: S Reynolds; P Rath, D Finnegan, J O’Brien; R Finnegan, D Crilly, G Hoey; B White, P Keenan; A Reid, R Carroll, D Reid; C Judge, S Lennon, JP Rooney.
Subs: A Hoey owing Lennon (20), P Smith owing Hoey (37), B McArdle R Finnegan (60), D Maguire owing Reid (60).
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The Tipperary cooperate to toady to Louth in the native approximate of the All-Ireland Qualifiers shows four changes from the cooperate that irreclaimable to Limerick in the May Munster Senior Football championship.
Referee: Syl Doyle (Wexford)
Fixture Details
04.07.2009 (Sat)
GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship Qualifier Round I
Drogheda 7.00pm An Lъ v Tiobraid Бrann
Referee: Syl Doyle (Loch Garman)
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Both Ciaran McDonald and Robbie Costigan advent after devastation while Kevin Mulryan gains a starting position at midfield. However the chief talking feature last wishes as be the introduction of Matthew O’Donnell to open-handed in locate of Paul Fitzgerald.
He played in approximate seven of this year’s Allianz National Football consolidate argument against Longford.
O’Donnell, from Killenaule and widespread U-21 dual sub-keeper, has been a equilateral sub-keeper with the higher- ranking side owing the previous two seasons.
Apart from Paul Fitzgerald, theres Conor Morrissey, Brian Jones and James Tierney who had to gourmandize advent out technique.
The Tipp cooperate is as follows – Matthew O’Donnell (Killenaule); Paddy Codd (Killenaule), Ciaran McDonald (Aherlow), Christopher Higgins (Galtee Rovers – Captain); Christopher Aylward (Clonmel Og), Hugh Coghlan (St. K. Vincents), Robbie Costigan (Cahir); George Hannigan (Shannon Rovers), Kevin Mulryan (J.