2024 AIB Munster Club Junior Football Semi-Final – Kilmurry (Cork) 4-23 Cashel King Cormacs (Tipperary) 1-2

Kilmurry (Cork) defeated Cashel King Cormacs (Tipperary) by 4-23 to 1-2 in the AIB Munster Club Junior Football Championship Semi-Final on Saturday November 23rd at Fethard Town Park.

Kilmurry crush Cashel King Cormacs to reach Munster Club JFC final

Report by Therese O’Callaghan courtesy of the Irish Examiner newspaper

Munster Club JFC semi-final: Kilmurry (Cork) 4-23 Cashel King Cormacs (Tipperary) 1-2

A landslide victory for Kilmurry in the AIB Munster Club JFC semi-final in the Fethard Town Park 4G on Saturday.

A 30-point margin tells its own story for Cashel King Cormacs, who came up against an outfit fully focused on trying to win this provincial championship having been defeated in the last two finals by Kerry representatives.

The Tipperary side, who lost the Tipp semi-final to JK Brackens, made it known they are concentrating on next weekend’s provincial intermediate hurling final against Watergrasshill.

As a result they were very understrength.

This non-contest was done and dusted by half-time when Kilmurry led 0-11 to 1-0 – the Cashel King Cormacs major netted in the 24th minute by Cian McGrath.

Only for their goalkeeper Gearóid Slattery – an All-Ireland winner with Tipperary minor footballers in 2011 – who, despite being beaten four times overall, made a number of outstanding saves throughout the hour.

Other than that, it was all-Kilmurry in a contest that switched venue following a pitch inspection on Saturday morning that deemed New Inn unplayable.

All four of the visitors’ goals came in the second-half.

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Top-scorer Liam Wall grabbed the first in the 36th minute after the ball was brilliantly worked through the lines.

Just another two minutes elapsed before Wall set up Ryan Leahy for Kilmurry’s second green flag.

As if the task was difficult enough, Cashel King Cormacs then lost Mikey McDermott to a black card in the 40th minute, and while he was off the field sub Joe O’Mullane crashed home a third goal.

Lawrence Asling completed the rout six minutes from time. Cashel King Cormacs were down to 14 men again in the 58th minute when Donal Ryan received a black card.

Nine different scorers contributed for the winners, including six from play from James O’Mullane.

For now, it is job done for the Cork champions, who have injury concerns over John O’Mullane and Rory Duggan after both players had to be substituted.

Firies of Kerry await in the final in a fortnight in what will be a much more competitive match.

Scorers for Cashel King Cormacs: C McGrath (1-0), D O’Grady (free) and J Browne (0-1 each).

Scorers for Kilmurry: L Wall (1-4), Lawrence Asling (1-3), James O’Mullane (0-6), R Leahy and Joe O’Mullane (1-1 each), J McGinn (0-4 frees), Lloyd Asling (0-2), B Hinchion and K Kelleher (0-1 each).

CASHEL KING CORMACS: G Slattery; M Morrissey, O Dwan, D Moloney; C McGrath, A Browne (J-Capt), P Brosnan; R Anglim, D Ryan; L Riordan, A Moloney, A Skeffington; M McDermott, D Brennan, D O’Grady.
Subs: R Minogue for D Brennan, P Morrissey for M Morrissey, J Browne for D O’Grady (all 40), D O’Grady for R Anglim (53), M Morrissey for A Moloney (56).

KILMURRY: J McDonnell; O Keane, W Ronan (Capt), Lloyd Asling; B Hinchion, T Collins, A Asling; K Kelleher, James O’Mullane; L Wall, Lawrence Asling, R Duggan; R Leahy, John O’Mullane, J McGinn.
Subs: Joe O’Mullane for John O’Mullane (20 inj), D Linehan for R Duggan (42 inj).

Referee: Eoghan Ó Muircheartaigh (Kerry).

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