Electric Ireland Minor A All Ireland Championship 2nd Round
Kilkenny 3-14 Tipperary 0-9
By Aoife Lanigan, PRO
Kilkenny continued their impressive scoring, when defeating Tipperary comprehensively by 14 points in the Electric Ireland Minor A All Ireland Championship 2nd Round played in Fethard Town Park last Sunday
After hitting 3-11 against Dublin, they hit 3-14 against Tipperary
On a morning of heavy showers and some sunshine, Ona Kennedy opened the scoring with a pointed free for Kilkenny in the third minute
Amy O’Shea slotted over another point for Kilkenny after a neat pass from Aoife O’Grady while Shauna Mahony added another point for the visitors before Abbie Horgan opened Tipperary’s account from a pointed free
In the 13th minute, Kilkenny were awarded a Penalty after Holly Ryan was tripped in the square. Ona Kennedy stood over the ball and she drilled the sliotar to the bottom left corner of the net, with the Tipperary keeper rooted to the spot
Amy O’Shea tagged on a point for Kilkenny then Emily Phelan got in for Kilkenny’s second goal after a blistering run through the Tipperary defence
Ona Kennedy slotted over a 45m free for Kilkenny. Amy O’Shea got in for the visitors third goal after a long clearance from their defence and blasted the sliotar to the back of the net, this put Kilkenny 13 points ahead
Abbir Horgan converted the homeside’s second point in the 26th minute from a 30m free.
Heading towards the half time whistle, Emily Phelan tacked on a lovely point to leave the interval score 3-6 to 0-2 in favour of Kilkenny
On the resumption of play, the sun was shining, Amy O’Shea converted a pointed free for Kilkenny and Grace Stapleton slotted over a point for the homeside
Emily Phelan & Shauna Mahony added a point each for the stripey girls. Then Alice Butler & Emily Phelan traded points. Tipperary hit two points from Abbie Horgan (f) and Grace Cleary with an Amy O’Shea Kilkenny pointed free sandwiched between
Abbie Horgan converted another pointed free for Tipperary. Kilkenny then hit three points on the trot through Emily Phelan, Amy O’Shea (45) & Shauna Mahony
Abbie Horgan closed out the scoring with two pointed frees for the homeside to leave the final score Kilkenny 3-14 Tipperary 0-9
Kilkenny play Limerick in the 3rd Round away on the 1st March
Scorers – Kilkenny – Amy O’Shea 1-5 (2f), Emily Phelan 1-4, Ona Kennedy 1-2 (1gp, 2f), Shauna Mahony 0-3
Tipperary – Abbie Horgan 0-6 (6f), Grace Stapleton, Alice Butler, Grace Cleary 0-1 each
Kilkenny – Ella Walton, Hannah Tennyson, Erin Morrissey, Mairead Duggan, Ciara Hickey, Ona Kennedy, Aoife O’Grady, Shannon Doheny, Eleanor Doheny, Sadhbh Shefflin, Shauna Mahony, Hollie Ryan, Emily Phelan, Joint Captain, Emily Cooney, Amy O’Shea
Subs – Leah O’Donovan Joint Captain for Emily Cooney, Aoibhinn Ryan for Hollie Ryan, Katie O’Shea for Sadhbh Shefflin, Sinead Jones for Ona Kennedy, Ellen Treacy for Mairead Duggan, Orla Duggan, Chloe Teehan, Lucy Coomey, Oonagh Fitzgerald, Emma Hogan, Tara Cody, Lily Ryan, Sinead Henderson, Ruth Crowley, Niamh Drennan
Tipperary – Erin O’Donnell, Eimear Ryan, Kate Nevin, Ella Frend, Jessie Shanahan, Ciara Cahill, Evanne Gleeson, Emma Bonner, Eva Ralph, Alice Butler, Ailbhe Treacy, Grace Stapleton, Abbie Horgan, Isabelle Kingston, Kaelinn Rossiter
Subs – Nessa Dwan for Isabelle Kingston (inj), Grace Cleary for Alice Butler, Sara Jayne Ormond for Ailbhe Treacy, Kate Fox for Eimear Ryan, Leah Maher for Ella Frend, Doireann Ryan for Kaelinn Rossiter, Ava Fanning for Jessie Shanahan, Evanne Duffy for Emma Bonner, Carly Walsh, Clodagh Davis
By PRO Tue 24th Feb
