AIB Munster GAA Club Junior Football Championship Semi-Final – Brosna (Kerry) 1-10 Millstreet (Cork) 0-8

Brosna (Kerry) defeated Millstreet (Cork) by 1-10 to 0-8 in the AIB Munster GAA Club Junior Football Championship Semi-Final on Sunday November 23rd at Brosna.

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Brosna hold a firm grip

By Murt Murphy for the Irish Examiner newspaper

AIB Munster Club JFC: Brosna (Kerry)1-10 Millstreet (Cork) 0-8

Not for the first time this year Brosna’s defensive strategy proved the match for a talented attacking outfit. With Michael Vaughan and Mark Ellis looking a cut above the rest, Millstreet raced into a three point lead through Vaughan, Brian Sheahan and Denis Kiely by the sixth minute.

But the Kerry champions were settled by a fortuitous goal in the 10th minute when a Tom McGoldrick free came back off the crossbar into the waiting arms of full-forward Mike Finnegan who found the net. Then the Brosna defence and midfield began to win the key battles and with McGoldrick punishing indiscipline there was only going to be one winner, particularly after Millstreet midfielder Patrick Coleman was black-carded midway through the first half.

The Cork champions tried to put the squeeze on the North Kerry side but with McGoldrick and former Kerry minor Adam Barry always a threat, the hosts had a bit to spare at the final whistle.

Scorers for Brosna: T McGoldrick 0-5 (3frees), M Finnegan 1-0, D McAuliffe 0-2, A Barry 0-2, P O’Keeffe 0-1.

Scorers for Millstreet: M Vaughan 0-3 (1f), M Ellis 0-2, D Kiely, B Sheahan, C Crowley 0-1 apiece.

BROSNA: C Kiely, S Fitzmaurice, M Murphy, A Cahill, T Fitzgerald, E Kiely, D Fitzgerald, D Curtin, S Curtin, D McAuliffe (capt), T McGoldrick, P Curtin, T Finnegan, M Finnegan, A Barry.
Subs: K Cahill for D Fitzgerald, P O’Keeffe for P Curtin, J O’Donnell for D. McAuliffe, M O’Keeffe for T Fitzgerald.

MILLSTREET: D Twomey, L Murphy, A Murphy, B O’Connor, D O’Riordan, P Sheehan, D McCaul, M Ellis, P Coleman, O Murphy, M Vaughan, J Broxton, T Collins, D Kiely, B Sheahan.
Subs: C Crowley for P Coleman (black card), C Feeley for M Ellis, P Randles for McCaul.

Referee: D Grogan (Tipperary)