O’Neill Sportswear Antirm Hurling League – Division 1
Glenariffe Oisins 1-21 St Gall’s 012
Glenariffe made it two wins out of three when they beat St Gall’s in Saturday evening’s Division Two Hurling League game in Wateroot. Leading by two points after a well contested opening half the Oisins dominated the second half and boosted by a goal from second half substitute Calum McIlwaine and superb display of free taking from Seanie McIntosh they pushed on to win by 1-21 to 0-12.
The Belfast side started well as points from Jackson McGreevy and Cormac Sheehan they took a two point lead after five minutes. The Oisins were struggling to hit the target but two pointed fees from Seanie McIntosh in the 8th and 9th minutes brought them level after 13 minutes. It was score for score during the next fifteen minutes Gregory McGreevy, Ronan Crossan and Marcus Donnelly were answered by three more from ‘Tosh’ which tied the scores on 0-8 apiece, but two more late frees by Tosh in the first half injury time put them 0-10 to 0-08 in front at half time.
The Oisins new management team introduced three subs at the start of the second half with Orrin O’Connor, Calum Mcilwaine and Niall Magee all being introduced and each one made an impact as the home team too command of the game. O’Connor got the first point of the half and after McIntosh added another from a free, McIlwaine grabbed the only goal of the game when full forward Arnie Cosgrove flicked a ball across the square that appeared to be going wide, and McIlwaine tapped it home from a yard out.
Mark Napier came back with a couple of points for St Gall’s but the Oisins hit the next six scores as McIntosh added four more, while the O’Connor brothers Orrin and Brogan picked off points. Ronan Crossan and Napier had two late scores for the visitors before Man of the Match McIntosh brought his tally to ten to wrap it all up.
