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Ardscoil Rís 2-8 Nenagh CBS1-11: SUPERSUB MICHEÁL O’Loughlin salvaged a replay for holders Ardscoil Rís with an equalising point…

Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00

Ardscoil Rís 2-8 Nenagh CBS1-11:SUPERSUB MICHEÁL O'Loughlin salvaged a replay for holders Ardscoil Rís with an equalising point in the second minute of stoppage time against Nenagh CBS yesterday. Nenagh led by two points entering stoppage time but Jack Kelleher and O'Loughlin rescued the Limerick side.

The teams will meet again at Tipperary venue Seán Treacy Park on February 14th.

Nenagh raced into a 1-2 to 0-0 lead, with Stephen O’Brien netting in the sixth minute. Ardscoil Rís, chasing a third successive Harty crown, responded with a 12th-minute goal from Lukas O’Brien before Jamie Shanahan’s 23rd-minute penalty helped to secure a 2-3 to 1-5 half-time lead.

ARDSCOIL RÍS: D Dempsey; R Kirby, PJ Hall, K McNamara; E Fitzgerald, B O’Connell, S Fitzgerald; J Shanahan (1-2, 1-0 pen, 0-2 frees), J Hannon (0-1); W O’Donoghue, R Lynch (0-1), J Kelleher (0-2); L O’Brien (1-0), K O’Brien (0-1), C Lynch. Subs: M O’Loughlin (0-1) for O’Donoghue (45 mins), M Foley for L O’Brien (60 mins).

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NENAGH CBS: W Power; D Quinn, J Flaherty, S Cleary; E Hynes, J Peters, K Gleeson; J Loughnane, T Gallagher (0-2); C Delaney, J Forde (0-7, 0-5 frees, 0-2 65s), S O’Brien (1-1); P Shanahan, P Fogarty (0-1), J Mackey. Subs: S Geaney for Mackey (37 mins), K Gubbins for Gleeson (44 mins).

Referee: D Copps (Cork).