Hastings Cup Under 21 Football
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 11:09 pm
Offaly played Meath today Bank Holiday Monday in Hastings Cup Under 21 Football at noon in Tubber.
I was at the game with the family, although arriving about 10 minutes late. We saw Offaly score a goal to take the lead 1-02 to Meath's 0-03. Meath then took control and it was one-way traffic as they built a lead with a steady stream of points, before and after half-time.
It looked bleak for Offaly as Meath led 0-11 to 1-03. From there on, however, Offaly lifted the tempo and fought hard. They crept into contention and scored a second goal to take the lead, adding a point to go 2 points ahead. Meath had late chances, missing a few scorable frees.
Overall, I don't know about the strength of the teams that were fielded today by Offaly and Meath - hard to say if the Offaly resurgence was down to injuries or substitutions or whatever, but it was still great to see a typical Offaly comeback/ambush.
The Official Offaly GAA Twitter feed gives the Offaly scorers as Ciaran Farrell 1-03 (1 free), Shane Tierney 1-02 (1 free), Shane O'Brien 0-01 and Jordan Hayes 0-01 (free).
I was at the game with the family, although arriving about 10 minutes late. We saw Offaly score a goal to take the lead 1-02 to Meath's 0-03. Meath then took control and it was one-way traffic as they built a lead with a steady stream of points, before and after half-time.
It looked bleak for Offaly as Meath led 0-11 to 1-03. From there on, however, Offaly lifted the tempo and fought hard. They crept into contention and scored a second goal to take the lead, adding a point to go 2 points ahead. Meath had late chances, missing a few scorable frees.
Overall, I don't know about the strength of the teams that were fielded today by Offaly and Meath - hard to say if the Offaly resurgence was down to injuries or substitutions or whatever, but it was still great to see a typical Offaly comeback/ambush.
The Official Offaly GAA Twitter feed gives the Offaly scorers as Ciaran Farrell 1-03 (1 free), Shane Tierney 1-02 (1 free), Shane O'Brien 0-01 and Jordan Hayes 0-01 (free).