Portlaoise CBS crowned Leinster ‘B’ champions after dominant display

Portlaoise CBS 1-12 

Wexford CBS 0-4 

PORTLAOISE CBS were crowned 1st Year Leinster 'B’ Football Champions after putting in a near perfect display against Wexford CBS in Carlow on today.

They led from start to finish and were definitely full value for their win as they impressed all over the field.

There were excellent displays all over the pitch, up front Ben McCormack, Tyler Whelan and Jack Bergin were brilliant while Reaghan Mullen, Billy Conroy and Sean Slattery also put in match winning displays.

Portlaoise CBS got off to a dream start as they hit the net in the very first minute, a brilliant move ended up with Ben McCormack who made no mistake in finding the net and his side never looked back from that moment.

The Wexford side looked stunned from the start and never really got a foothold in the game.

The Portlaoise school had all the possession and were winning all the dirty ball around the middle of the field. Tyler Whelan added a point to give them a 1-1 to 0-0 score lead after six minutes.

Jack Bergin who was excellent in the first half linking play added to the scoreboard and it was all Portlaoise in the opening ten minutes.

McCormack added two more brilliant frees to put Portlaoise CBS in full control. Whelan then added another point to leave the scores at 1-5 to 0-0.

It took Wexford CBS 20 minutes to get on the scoresheet from a point from Cormac Carley to reduce the gap to seven points.

Portlaoise CBS finished the half stronger and would add two more points from Sean Slattery and Jack Ryan to leave the scores at 1-7 to 0-1 at half time in favour of the Portlaoise side.

Portlaoise CBS started the second half where they left off at the end of first half and would hit four points in a row to finish the game as a contest.

Two Ben McCormack frees followed by a point from Bergin and midfielder Corey Doheny put them 12 points ahead.

The Wexford school replied through Darragh Bennett as they tried to mount a comeback, but it never materialised as Portlaoise CBS remained in control.

Doheny would land another point to finish off The Portlaoise scoring with six minutes remaining.

Despite late scores from Lucas Hayes and Gearoid Moran, there was no stopping Portlaoise CBS claiming the title.

SCORERS:

Portlaoise CBS: Ben McCormack 1-4 (0-3fs), Tyler Whelan, Jack Bergin and Corey Doheny 0-2 each, Sean Slattery and Jack Ryan 0-1 each.

Wexford CBS: Cormac Carley, Darragh Bennett, Lucas Hayes and Gearoid Moran 0-1 each.

PORTLAOISE CBS: Rian O'Sullivan (Portlaoise); Noah Clear (Portlaoise), Reaghan Mullen (Stradbally Parish Gaels), Ryan Bawa (Park/Ratheniska); Eoin O'Connell (St Paul's), Billy Conroy (Park/Ratheniska), Tadgh Bohan (Portlaoise); Sean Slattery (St Paul's), Corey Doheny (Mountrath); Jack Ryan (Park Ratheniska), Jack Bergin (Stradbally Parish Gaels), Miguel Vaz (Park/Ratheniska); Ben McCormack (Portlaoise), Tyler Whelan (Portlaoise), Harry Mulhare (The Heath) Subs: Dan Carroll (St Paul's) for O'Connell, Conor Sugrue (Park/Ratheniska) for Bohan, Noah Bergin (The Heath) for Bergin, Zac Bowe (Portlaoise) for Mulhare, Shane Miller (Stradbally Parish Gaels) for Vaz, Danny Kerry (Portlaoise) for O'Sullivan, Brian Maloney (Stradbally Parish Gaels) for Whelan.

WEXFORD CBS: Cillian McCamldey; Tommy Martin, Jacob O'Brien, Mantas Goodman; Harry Doyle, Gearoid Moran, Oscar Purcell; Kyle Wade, Lucas Hayes; Cillian O'Sullivan, Padraig Gore, Ted Jordan; Darragh Bennett, Cormac Carley, Cathal McClean.

Subs: Conal King for Bennett, Rhys Farrell for McClean, Kai Lawlor for Moran, Tyler Kehoe for Gore, Hugo Dempsey for Jordan.