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AIB Munster GAA Football Intermediate Club Championship Quarter Final – Mullinahone (Tipperary) 1-9 Mountcollins (Limerick) 0-9
Cronin goal fires Mullinahone to victory
Mullinahone 1-9 Mountcollins 0-9
By Conor Kane for the Irish Examiner newspaper
Monday, November 14, 2011
A WELL-CRAFTED goal midway through the second half from substitute Niall Cronin earned Mullinahone victory at Clonmel yesterday. Despite wind assistance in the first half, the Tipperary champions, who boasted a few All-Ireland senior hurling medallists in their ranks, looked off the pace and struggled against the short-passing game of Mountcollins. However, late scores from Mullinahone pair Seán Curran and Paul Kelly left it four points apiece at the break.
Mullinahone looked a more purposeful physical unit after the interval, however, and three unanswered points in the opening eight minutes gave them a lead they never relinquished. Their eighth point came from Eoin Kelly shortly after the 2010 All-Ireland captain’s introduction as substitute. A minute later Sean Curran found Cronin and the latter’s superb goal gave Mullinahone a five-point lead. Points from Tom and Mike McCarthy closed the gap but there was no denying the Tipperary men.
Scorers for Mullinahone: P Kelly 0-3, A Doheny 0-3 (0-2 frees), N Cronin 1-0, J Connelly 0-1, S Curran 0-1, E Kelly 0-1.
Scorers for Mountcollins: M McCarthy 0-3, T McCarthy 0-2 (0-1 free), P Delee 0-2 (0-1 free), S Gleeson 0-1, J O’Connell 0-1.
MULLINAHONE: M Lonergan; J O’Meara, M Costello, B Treacy; K Walzer, N Curran, J Connelly; P Curran, A Curran; S Curran, E Phelan, E O’Meara; P Kelly, AJ Cronin, A Doheny.
Subs: N Cronin for E Phelan, E Kelly for E O’Meara, G Cronin for AJ Cronin, R Morrissey for A Doheny, Ciaran O’Shea for P Kelly.
MOUNTCOLLINS: J Brouder; T Walsh, C Begley, S Lyons; J Moroney, K Garvey, T Begley; T McCarthy, S Gleeson; P Delee, J O’Connell, M McCarthy; A Hartnett, S Gleeson, M Brouder.
Subs: J O’Connell for C Begley, DJ Gleeson for T Begley, D Gleeson for A Hartnett, D Dillane for J O’Connell.
Referee: R Hickey (Clare)
Next Round – the winners play Dungarvan (Waterford) in the Munster Club Semi-Final on Sunday November 20th at 2:00pm in a Waterford venue.
For the Record
| Mullinahone (Tipperary) | Mountcollins (Limerick) | |
| Number of Munster Club Intermediate Football titles (by County) |
0 | 0 |
| Last Munster Intermediate Football Title (by County) | N/A | N/A |
| Munster Club Intermediate Football Championship Record since 2000 for each county’s representative | Played – 10 Won – 2 Lost – 8 Drawn – 0 |
Played – 11 Won – 3 Lost – 8 Drawn – 0 |
| Last meeting in the Munster Club Intermediate Football Championship involving participating county representatives | November 27th 2005 at Templetuohy (Munster Club Quarter-Final) – Pallasgreen (Limerick) 1-8 Moyne-Templetuohy (Tipperary) 0-9 |
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| Trends | Limerick’s Club Intermediate Football champions lost their last 5 matches in this competition. By contrast, Tipperary’s champions at this grade have lost their opening match in the last 3 seasons. | |
Munster GAA FOOTBALL Club Intermediate Championship 2011
Quarter-Finals (Extra time)
Sunday November 13th (Replay date – Saturday November 19th)
@ Clonmel Sportsfield Mullinahone (Tipperary) v Mountcollins (Limerick) 2:00pm
@ Páirc de Búrca Miltown Miltown / Castlemaine (Kerry) v Clondegad (Clare) 2:00pm
Semi-Finals (Extra time)
Sunday November 20th (Replay date – Saturday November 26th)
@ Waterford or Limerick venue Dungarvan (Waterford) v Mullinahone (Tipperary) v Mountcollins (Limerick)
@ Clare or Cork venue Newmarket (Cork) v Miltown / Castlemaine (Kerry) v Clondegad (Clare)
Final (Extra time)
Sunday December 11th (Replay date – Saturday December 17th)
2:00pm throw-in
Odds and Ends
Since the competition began in 2003, Kerry clubs have won 5 of the 8 Munster titles on offer, including the last 4 in a row. Cork clubs have won the other 3 Munster titles.
Cork clubs have won just 1 of their last 5 matches in this competition having won the first 3 Munster Club Intermediate Football titles from 2003 to 2005.
Clare clubs have qualified for the final of 4 of the last 5 Munster Club Intermediate Championships.
Limerick clubs have lost their opening match in the last 5 Munster Club Intermediate Championships.
Munster GAA Club FOOTBALL Intermediate Championship Roll Of Honour
Kerry (5) – 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Cork (3) – 2003, 2004, 2005
Munster GAA Club FOOTBALL Intermediate Championship
List of Winning Teams
Visit the Munster GAA web site History section to view the complete list of each winning team since the competition began 1888 – https://munster.gaa.ie/history/ifclub_teams/
All Ireland GAA Club FOOTBALL Intermediate Championship
In the Club Intermediate Football All Ireland Roll of Honour, Cork and Kerry have secured 2 titles each courtesy of Ilen Rovers (Cork – 2003/2004), Carbery Rangers (Cork – 2004/2005), Ardfert (Kerry – 2006/2007) and St. Michael’s Foilmore (Kerry – 2008/2009).
