Tues. Mar. 10th   Red FM I.H.L.

Blackrock 0 – 20 V 1 – 21 Kilworth @ Church Road

Report by Roger Ryan

Our Intermediate Hurlers began their campaign with a game against Kilworth at Church Road on Tuesday and though they lost by 4 points they certainly gave a good account of themselves and should prove to be a force this year when they get a few more games under their belts.

In a very evenly contested first half, the lead fluctuated between the sides before we finished with a flourish to lead at half time on a score Rockies 0 – 10, Kilworth 0 – 08.

Eoin Coughlan's accurate free taking earned us 8 points and Fionn O'Keeffe and Eoin O'Farrell scored the other 2 points,

The second half continued in a similar vein but a goal by Kilworth midway through was to prove the difference in the end. Kilworth did threaten a few more goals but Ross Browne was in rare form and stopped some raspers. We were trailing by 5 points at one stage but our boys clawed their way back and had it back to 3 points coming to a close but Kilworth had the final say with a point which gave them a final of 4 points.

The selectors had a large panel of players available and introduced several subs in the second half. Connor Coakley had an impressive debut at this level, scoring 2 points.

James Allen and Alex Geary also came on late in the game and scored a point each.

The other scorers in this half were Eoin Coughlan, Diarmuid Cormack,  Eoin O'Farrell and Sean Healy.

Scorers; Eoin Coughlan 0 – 11(08f), Eoin O'Farrell 0 – 02, Connor Coakley 0 – 02, Fionn O'Keeffe 0 – 01, Diarmuid Cormack 0 – 01, Sean Healy 0 – 01, Alex Geary 0 – 01, James Allen 0 – 01.

Team: Ross Browne, James Ryan, Joe Golden, Ollie Mc Adoo, Gary Norberg,  Sean Healy, Diarmuid Cormack, Emmet Sheehan, Ciarán Cormack, Lee O'Sullivan, Ian O'Keeffe, Eoin O'Farrell, Peter Cotter, Eoin Coughlan, Fionn O'Keeffe.

Subs Used: Connor Coakley, Robert Cregan, James Allen, Alex Geary, Ross Coleman, Vaughan Ryan.

Referee: David Daly.