Dunloy followed their victory over Loughgiel on Friday night by making it a weekend double with another hard fought win over Cushendall. A narrow 3 point success over a very good Ruairi Og side on Sunday means the young Cuchullians return to the minor hurling league summit with just one game remaining.
The large crowd at Pearse Park, Dunloy, enjoyed an entertaining game with point taking of the highest quality from both teams. The boys in Green & Gold held the upper hand throughout with Luke McFerran, Aidan Richmond, Paudie Martin and the two Oisin’s (McCamphill & McCallin) all firing over some wonderful scores. Ultimately it was the greater spread of scorers that proved the difference in the teams as Oran McCambridge and Fiontan Bradley shone for the Ruairi’s up front.
Dunloy raced into a 6 point lead by the 10th minute, playing with a reasonable wind they looked to take full advantage, however with Callagh Mooney dropping into a sweeper role Cushendall soon got to grips and narrowed the margin to 2 points by the short whistle.
Indeed the Dall could even have gone in leading at the break as Damien McMahon saved well when Thomas McLaughlin went for a major nearing half time.
The second half started much the same as the first, despite facing the wind Dunloy extended the lead out to seven points, but some smart saves by Liam Magee prevented the goal required to put real distance between the teams.
Cushendall rallied once again in the final quarter of the game with some top class scores closing the gap to four points. A late free was rifled over the bar to leave a final score line of Dunloy 0:24 Cushendall 0:21.
Victory over Ard na Ri in the final league game next weekend would be enough to retain the league title for the young Cuchullains
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