Five two-pointers fire St Joseph’s to sixth straight victory

Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1 Rd 6

St Joseph’s 0-23 

Arles Killeen 0-12

ST Joseph's made it six wins from six after powering past Arles Killeen by eleven points in Kellyville on Thursday night.

The victors were very impressive with 21 of their points coming from play including five two pointers over the course of the game.

They were superb in the second half, as they blew Arles Killeen away in the last 15 minutes, with their pace up front and intensity in the tackle at the back, they will be hard beaten if they continue to play in that fashion.

St Joseph's ran into a four-point lead with only five minutes on the clock with points from Sam Lynch, Eoin Johnson, Brian Daly and Darragh Farrell all raising the white flag.

Oisin Byrne settled Arles Killeen into the game with a free, but Joseph's were dominating on the kickouts as Arles struggled to play out of their half at times.

Darragh Farrell got the two pointers under way with a massive one against the breeze. Killeen did hit back with two points in a row through Oisin Byrne and Eanna Byrne to reduce the gap to three points.

Brian Daly got a 45 and Mikey Murphy added further points for Joseph's as they threatened to run away with the contest. To be fair to Killeen they dug in for the rest of the half.

Kingston replied with a much-needed score, but Daly soon got a monstrous two pointer which was outside the 45-yard line.

Oisin Hooney then added another for Joseph's, but Killeen finished the half strongly with Eanna Byrne getting a two pointer while Kingston added a effort from play to leave the scores at 0-11 to 0-7 at half time in favour of the home side.

Sean Rowan and Oisin Byrne would trade points after the break, with Killeen hanging in there.

Sam Lynch added a fine point from play, but again Killeen responded with two quick fire points from Eanna Byrne reduce the gap to three points.

The sides then traded points yet again with Cormac Murphy grabbing the Joseph's point while Oisin Byrne added another free and the game was in the balance with 18 minutes to play.

Murphy got his second of the night a minute later which was backed up by a two pointer from Sam Lynch. Eanna Byrne added another point in the 45th minute and it would prove to be their last score of the game.

St Joseph's went through the gears in the last 15 minutes and were very impressive. Sean Rowan would add the only free Joseph's scored.

They were now dominating all over the pitch, Daly hit another two pointer while Cormac Murphy would add his third of the night.

Darragh Farrell ended the scoring of the night with the fifth two pointer for St Joseph's as they picked up another two points.

SCORERS:

St Joesph's: Brian Daly 0-6 (2tps, 0-1 45), Darragh Farrell 0-5 (2tps), Sam Lynch 0-4 (1tp) Cormac Murphy 0-3, Sean Rowan 0-2 (0-1f), Eoin Johnson, Mikey Murphy and Oisin Hooney 0-1 each.

Arles Killeen: Eanna Byrne 0-6 (1tpf, 0-3fs), Oisin Byrne 0-4 (0-3fs), Donie Kingston 0-2.

ST JOSEPH'S: Aaron Cooney; Tom Dunne, Ciaran Condron, Charlie Crehan; Conor Kelly, Jamie Kelly, Niall Brennan; Eoin Johnson, Brian Daly; Sam Lynch, Darragh Farrell, Cormac Murphy, Oisin Hooney, Mikey Murphy, Sean Rowan.

Sub: Dylan Doyle for Murphy (45m).

ARLES KILLEEN: Jason Enright; Andrew Wall, Joe Mulhare, Dermot Julian; Ger McWey, Michael Wall, Enda O'Rourke; Oisin Byrne, Conor Keightley; Niall O'Rourke, Eanna Byrne, Eoin Kelly; Shane Byrne, Donie Kingston, Sean O'Shea.

Referee: Brendan Hickey (Graiguecullen)