Two Mile House 5-7
Fuerty 1-11
Two Mile House were crowned as champions after hitting five goals in Croke Park.
The eventual winners had a dream start with two goals inside the opening six minutes.
They then hit three goals in an eight minute spell in the second-half to secure Kildare’s first All-Ireland at this grade.
Mark Sherry drilled the ball low into the Canal End goal in the fourth minute after a good run and pass from Chris Healy. Two minutes later, a goalkeeping blunder allowed Adam Burke to fist the ball home to put them six points up.
Fuerty were slow to settle but the Roscommon side picked off some lovely points and hit seven of them in a row to take the lead, albeit briefly, after 23 minutes.
Unanswered points
After Gearóid Ennis's free – the only point in the opening half hour that was not scored from open play – Fuerty fired over six unanswered points in 12 minutes to completely wipe out their opponents' two-goal cushion.
Aidan Casey registered Two Mile House’s first point after 24 minutes to stop the rot and they held a slender 2-3 to 0-8 lead at half-time.
The Kildare side then plundered three goals in eight minutes to kill the game off.
Adam Burke’s initial shot was blocked by the goalkeeper Joe Fallon but he finished the rebound four minutes after the interval.
Fallon then fumbled a high ball allowing Mark Sherry to fist home his second of the match. The rout was complete when Chris Healy converted a penalty after 42 minutes.
TWO MILE HOUSE: J Goff; B Byrne, M Kelly, A Dowling; N McLoughlin, W Burke, N Sherry; D Casey, N Browne; C Julian (0-1, free), M Sherry (2-0), S Darcy; C Healy (1-1, 1-0 penalty), A Burke (2-2), A Casey (0-3). Subs: D Browne for Dowling (29 mins), T O'Neill for Julian (55 mins), P Kelly for D Casey (58 mins), R May for N Sherry (59 mins), G Burke for A Casey (60 mins).
FUERTY: J Fallon; P Neilan, P Kelehan, A Moore; S Melia, T Bannon, D Delaney (0-1); N Keenan, F Hanlon; G Fallon (0-1), N Kilroy (0-3), E Bannon; G Ennis (0-2, one free), R Fallon (1-2), P Leahy (0-2). Subs: M Connaughton for E Bannon (45 mins), E Whyte for Hanlon (45 mins), M Keaveney for Melia (49 mins), D Heavey for Delaney (60 mins), N Connolly for Ennis (60 mins).
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
