Junior A's beat Faughs

The Junior A team played their second league match of the season on a sunny Saturday in Silverpark. It was a lovely day for hurling and the pitch was in great shape. Crokes were slow out of the starting block but tipped away, with a couple of frees from Conor and Richie. We werent able to pull away from Faughs and it took us 15 minutes to score from play with a fine point from Matthew. Soon after, Jamie scored a super long range point but Faughs came back with a couple of points, to leave it Crokes 0-08, Faughs 0-07 at half time.

Crokes pushed on in the second half - with our backs outstanding - and we added to the scoreboard with Richie Tighe pointing a number of frees and some fine scores from Mark, Darren Shane and Richie. We conceded a late goal to make it tight, but we closed out the game with further points from Jamie and Matthew. 

The final score was Kilmacud Crokes 0-20 Faughs 1-11.

Team: Paddy Tighe, Fergus Monnelly, Stephen Beale, Barrai Brennan, Jamie Clinton, James O'Keeffe, Karl Russell, Emmet Doherty, Killian Doherty, Conor Caulfield, Darren McVeigh, Matthew Geraghty, Richie Tighe, Joe Walsh, Mark Lynskey.

Subs: Shane Canny for Conor Caulfield, Eoghan Murphy for Joe Walsh, Richie Power for Eoghan Murphy (inj), Ronan Walsh, Cian O'Brien, John Huban, Brendan Halpin, Cian Gormley.

Scorers; Richie Tighe 0-09 (6f 2 65's), Conor Caulfield 0-03 (3f), Matthew Geraghty & Jamie Clinton 0-02 each, Shane Canny, Mark Lynskey, Darren McVeigh, and Richie Power 0-01 each

Report by Kieran Dowling