Feale Rangers feel the force of impressive Mid Kerry who are back in county SFC final after comfortable win

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GARVEY’S COUNTY SFC SEMI-FINAL

Mid Kerry 0-15

Feale Rangers 0-9

We had the lights and the cameras however the motion – the true championship blood and thunder motion – was sadly lacking from this semi-final as Mid Kerry went to their work early and with severe intent in opposition to a Feale Rangers workforce that solely actually bought into their groove when the competition was effectively past them.

The north Kerry divisional workforce will replicate on their championship marketing campaign as successful in the primary: they definitely exceeded most individuals’s expectations – maybe even their very own – and so they have been the workforce to knock the champions out. However this night time and this semi-final very a lot belonged to Mid Kerry, who did just about every little thing proper from the beginning.

On a really tough night time with incessant, heavy showers, Mid Kerry – with a powerful wind on the backs within the first half – went about successful this sport early, not eager to get dragged into an arm wrestle with Rangers in the kind of situations that would cut back a good scoring sport to a lottery.

That it took simply over 5 minutes for Feale Rangers to interrupt into the Mid Kerry half and create their first scoring probability was dangerous. What was worse was Thomas Scanlon’s shot was weak and landed harmlessly into Sean Coffey’s open arms. And if all that wasn’t dangerous sufficient, Feale Rangers have been already 4 factors behind and taking over water on a moist night time at Austin Stack Park.

That first 5 minutes had seen Mid Kerry completely dominate all the soccer: Feale Rangers goalkeeper Cathal Keane was about the one man from the northern divisional workforce to the touch the ball in that interval. Liam Carey clipped over Mid Kerry’s first two factors – each within the third minute – earlier than Eanna O’Connor after which Fiachra Clifford made it 0-4 to no rating earlier than Feale Rangers mustered that first fluffed probability from Scanlon.

4 minutes after Carey made it 0-5 to 0-0 within the ninth minute, Rangers lastly troubled the scoreboard; Cillian Trant drawing a foul and a free, which Martin Stack transformed from 25 metres.

Definitely the situations favoured Mid Kerry insofar as that they had that sturdy wind behind them, but it surely was their braveness in how they used that wind that was most telling. It wasn’t a lot that they performed route one ball and heaped excessive, low proportion ball down on their inside forwards, however extra that they labored the ball by the traces calmly and intelligently earlier than getting the kicker on the ball and he – whoever he was – had the marbles to take the shot on. And with expertise like Carey, O’Connor and Clifford often those getting in to the house to kick, the white flags inevitably started to be raised.

By half time there was no query concerning the final result. Mid Kerry led by 9 at the interval, 0-11 to 0-2, and even with the wind benefit to come back, it was inconceivable to see Feale Rangers claw their means again right into a successful place. That they gained the second half by three factors says one thing for his or her tenacity, although they actually closed the yawning margin within the ultimate quarter when Mid Kerry’s minds had certainly turned to a county ultimate in opposition to both East Kerry (which might be a repeat of the 2020 ultimate) or Dingle, which might be a novel pairing for a county ultimate.

Feale Rangers wanted the higher begin to the second however Jack O’Connor transformed an early free for Mid Kerry. Martin Stack gained and transformed a mark however the O’Connors, Eanna and Jack, stretched Mid Kerry right into a 12-point lead, 0-15 to 0-3, by the fortieth minute. 

The very best of Rangers got here within the ultimate third of the sport, with substitute Eamonn O’Flaherty including a little bit of heft and momentum to their assault, and scoring two fantastic factors. And Barry Mahony, who had been very effectively marshalled by Kerry defender Mike Breen all through, lastly got here to life and hit three fantastic scores so as to add loads of respectability to the ultimate rating from the north Kerry workforce’s perspective. However context is every little thing, although, and the actual fact of the matter is that Mid Kerry had lengthy switched off, having franked their ticket again to the county ultimate.

MID KERRY: Sean Coffey (Beaufort), Pa Kilkenny (Glenbeigh/Glencar), Pa Wrenn (Milltown/Castlemaine), David Mangan (Laune Rangers), Eoin Clifford (Laune Rangers), Mike Breen 0-1 (Beaufort), Nathan Breen (Beaufort), Colin McGillicuddy (Glenbeigh/Glencar), Darren Houlihan 0-1 (Cromane), Fiachra Clifford 0-1 (Laune Rangers), Eanna O’Connor 0-5 (3f) (Milltown/Castlemaine), Keith Evans 0-1 (Keel), Kieran Dennehy (Beaufort), Liam Carey 0-3 (Beaufort), Jack O’Connor 0-3 (2f) (Beaufort). Subs: David Roche (Milltown/Castlemaine) for Ok Dennehy (38), Jack Brosnan (Glenbeigh/Glencar) for P Wrenn (42), Ronan Murphy (Beaufort) for McGillicuddy (47), Ciarán Kennedy (Beaufort) for D Houlihan (51), Gavan Horan (Milltown/Castlemaine) for L Carey (61).

FEALE RANGERS: Cathal Keane (Listowel Emmets); Donnacha Maher (Duagh), Eddie Browne (Listowel Emmets), Aaron O’Connor (Duagh); Conor O’Keeffe (Finuge), Ger McCarthy (Listowel Emmets), Niall Collins (Listowel Emmets); Bryan Sweeney (Listowel Emmets), Cillian Trant (St Senan’s); Thomas Scanlon (Duagh), Barry Mahony 0-3 (St Senan’s), Shane Stack (Moyvane), David Keane 0-1 (Listowel Emmets), Martin Stack 0-3 (2f, 1m) (Moyvane), Rory Mahony (St Senan’s). Subs: Seanan O Caoimh (Duagh) for T Scanlon (39), Eamonn O’Flaherty 0-2 (Moyvane) for S Stack (39), Nigel O’Connor (Duagh) for D Keane (45), Jamie McVeigh (Listowel Emmets) for R Mahony (45), Darragh Lynch (Listowel Emmets) for M Stack (49)

REFEREE: Donal Casey (Scartaglin)

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