Longford defeated Tipperary by 2-12 to 0-6 in Round 1 of the Leinster Minor Football League on Sunday February 9th at Pearse Park Longford.
Leinster Minor Football League (Round 1)
Sunday February 9th
Tipperary v Longford
Pearse Pk, Longford
Longford 2-12 Tipperary 0-6
Tipperary’s Minor Footballers travelled to Pearse Pk Longford on Sunday last for a first round Leinster League clash with Longford but unable to match the sheer physical strength of the home team had to settle for the runners up spot on a score line of 2-12 to Tipp’s 0-6.
Longford who built up a 1-7 to 0-3 lead at the break continued to push forward in the second half and helped by a dominant mid field partnership went on to add a further 1-5 while limiting Tipp to just three points.
With two more games to come against Wicklow and Louth, both games away, the Leinster League is certainly an ideal platform to test players capabilities and one has only to go back to 2011 when Tipp lost all their games in the Leinster League yet went on to create history by defeating Dublin in the All Ireland Final.
Next up for Tipp is against Wicklow this Sunday February 15th at a Wicklow venue.
Final score, Longford, 2-12 Tipperary 0-6
Tipp Team, Jake McDonald (Clonmel Commercials), Tommy Lowry (Arravale Rvs), Danny Owens (Moyle Rvs), Jamie Moriarty (Gortnahoe), Cathal O’Mahoney and Colm O’Shaughnessy (Ardfinnan), Liam Fahey (Rockwell Rvs), Jack Kennedy (Clonmel Commercials), Tommy Nolan (Drom Inch) 0-1, Emmett Moloney (Drom / Inch), Paudie White (Clonmel Commercials) 0-1, Shane Lonergan (Moyle Rvs), Alan Tynan (Inane Rvs) 0-3 (0-2 frees), Paul Maher (Kilsheelan Kilcash – Captain), Jack Delahunty (Newport) 0-1 free.
Subs, Ben Cooney (Carrick Swans), Faolain Linnane (Thurles Sarsfields), Pierce Murphy (Ballylooby/Castlegrace), Ross Dennehy (Clonmel Commercials), Michael O’Connor (Cahir). Richard Gunne (Clonmel Commercials), Jack Sheehan (Holycross/Ballycahill), Robbie Long and Michael O’Connor (Drom/Inch), Sean Daly and Darren McGrath (Galtee Rvs).
Report by Tommy Fitzgerald on behalf of the Tipperary Football Board
By Jonathan Cullen Sun 9th Feb
