A sharp and slick display from a well tuned IT Tralee outfit proved sufficient to overcome a rusty Waterford challenge at Carriganore on Sunday afternoon.
The students completed the hard labour in the first half with their clinical full forward line giving their inexperienced opponents a stern examination. Waterford manager John Owens handed three debuts in defence to Tadhg Ó’hUallacháin, Mark Cummins and Kieran Geary but the new faces soon found themselves on the back foot. Mark Brennan and Alan O’Donoghue both rattled the net inside six minutes and then corner forward Barry O’Hare settled into his stride. The Louth man struck over six points off his right boot as Tralee glided to a 2-8 to 0-5 interval lead. Gary Hurney with three along with Shane Briggs and Sean O’Hare contributed Waterford’s first half scores.
Hurney led a spirited Waterford comeback and brought his final tally to ten points by the close of play. The home side needed a green flag to reignite the contest and when Liam Ó’Lonain slipped the ball just past the post on 55 minutes any chance of getting back within touching distance disappeared.
Scorers:- IT Tralee: B O’Hare 0-7 (3f, 1 45) A O’Donoghue 1-3 (1f), M Brennan 1-0, R Deane 0-2, A Hegarty, B O’Grady 0-1 each.
Waterford: G Hurney 0-10 (6f), S Briggs, L Ó’Lonain (f), S O’Hare, G Nugent 0-1 each.
IT Tralee: P O’Sullivan, E Murray, J Scully, D Larkin, AJ O’Connor, S Brosnan, K Conway, R Deane, G O’Driscoll, S Carroll, B O’Grady, B Poff, A O’Donoghue, M Brennan, B O’Hare.
Subs: A Hegarty for O’Hare, I Corbett for Poff, N Curran for Deane.
Waterford: K Cotter, T Ó’hUallacháin, K Connery, M Cummins, C O’Keeffe, S Briggs, K Geary, S Dempsey, S O’Hare, L Ó’Lonain, C McGrath, P Hurney, S Fleming, G Hurney, JJ Hutchinson
Subs: S Enright for Cotter, G Nugent for Fleming, J Wall for Hutchinson, A Brophy for O’Keeffe.
Wides – Waterford: 10 IT Tralee: 6
Man of the match: Barry O’Hare (IT Tralee)
Referee: Keith O’Brien (Tipperary)
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