{"id":207550,"date":"2025-11-30T05:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T05:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/207550\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T05:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T05:22:12","slug":"two-late-goals-see-dungourney-capture-the-jbhc-title-with-a-hard-fought-win-over-newtownshandrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/207550\/","title":{"rendered":"Two late goals see Dungourney capture the JBHC title with a hard fought win over Newtownshandrum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dungourney 4-13\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newtownshandrum 1-16\u00a0<\/p>\n

Three second-half goals paved the way for Dungourney to be crowned Co Op Superstores Junior B hurling championship winners following a thrilling clash with Newtownshandrum at Pairc Ui Rinn on Saturday.<\/p>\n

In a game where only two points separated the teams with eight minutes remaining two late goals sealed a famous win for the east Cork side who always looked impressive going forward.<\/p>\n

Newtown looked energetic in the opening exchanges with a Sean McCarthy point edging them ahead in the second minute.<\/p>\n

The hurling was competitive but after James Ahern levelled proceedings the north Cork side found their range again with consecutive points from Cathal Bowles and Jack Twomey.<\/p>\n

After going seven minutes without a score Dungourney forced a turnover that saw Conor Sweeney spilt the posts with a lovely touch.<\/p>\n

\" Winning captain Pa Cullinane, Dungourney with his dad Paddy Cullinane after the Co-Op Superstores Junior B Hurling Championship final: Newtownshandrum vs Dungourney at Pairc Ui Rinn on Saturday. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

Indeed, this score seemed to inspire Dungourney and they were rewarded with a goal a minute later.<\/p>\n

A high ball from Cillian Quinn towards the square wasn\u2019t dealt with by the Newtownshandrum defence and Cormac Griffin was on hand to finish with precision past the helpless keeper.<\/p>\n

Fionn Daly then showed his striking skills with consecutive points and when James Ahern raised his second white flag midway through the half Dungourney had raced into a four point lead.<\/p>\n

Credit to Newtown they responded in style and three unanswered points from Sean Griffin and Mike Thompson (2) reduced the deficit to the minimum.<\/p>\n

Newtown will rue a missed golden goal opportunity but just as Thompson was about to pull the trigger in front of goal, he was hooked by Warren McCarthy.<\/p>\n

Once again the spirit of Dungourney resurfaced and they finished the half well but it could have been better if Cormac Griffin had done better with a golden goal opportunity with five minutes remaining to the interval.<\/p>\n

However three points were registered and Dungourney looked the happier of the two sides going off at the break when they commanded a five- point lead 1-9 to 0-7.<\/p>\n

On the restart Newtown opened with points from Sean Griffin and Padraig Noonan and they went close to raising a green flag, but a tame Padraig Noonan shot was parried to safety.<\/p>\n

Dungourney always looked a threat going forward and a superb solo run from Colin Murphy billowed the roof of the net in the 40th minute.<\/p>\n

Suddenly Newtown responded to the wake- up call and when Sean McCarthy got in on sight of goal his attempt was superbly blocked.<\/p>\n

Three consecutive Newtown points was just what the doctor ordered and a green flag in the 48th minute had the game in the melting pot.<\/p>\n

Cillian Quinn made a superb hand assist to Noonan who found the back of the net with a pinpoint strike.<\/p>\n

When the game threatened ro run away from them Dungourney they responded in style and were awarded a penalty with five minutes remaining.<\/p>\n

Up stepped Fionn Daly and he made no mistake with a blistering strike.<\/p>\n

\" Joint team captains Pa Cullinane and Warren McCarthy lift the cup for Dungourney after the win in the Co-Op Superstores Junior B Hurling Championship final: Newtownshandrum vs Dungourney at Pairc Ui Rinn on Saturday. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

There was still time for one more green flag with Conor Sweeney getting in behind the Newtown defence and punishing them with clinical strike.<\/p>\n

The final whistle was sounded soon after as Dungourney\u2019s lethal finishing proved the difference between two committed sides who gave their all over the hour.<\/p>\n

Scorers for Dungourney: J Ahern 0-8 (0-4f,65), F Daly 1-3, C Sweeney 1-1, C Griffin 1-0, C Murphy 1-0, C Flynn 0-1.<\/p>\n

Newtownshandrum: P Noonan 1-5 (0-4f), S Griffin 0-3, M Thomson 0-3, C Bowles 0-2, S McCarthy 0-2, J Twomey 0-1.<\/p>\n

Dungourney: B Aherne; S Rohan, C Padden, C Morgan; S Geaney, W McCarthy, N Flynn; C Ryan, D McGrath; C Sweeney, C Murphy, F Daly; C Flynn, J Ahern, C Griffin.<\/p>\n

Subs: P Cullinane for C Flynn (55).<\/p>\n

Newtownshandrum: P J Noonan; E Sheedy, J Herlihy, S Young; K Coughlan, D Lane, T Buckley; J Hogan, C Boles; J Twomey, P Noonan, C Quinn; S Griffin, M Thompson, S McCarthy.<\/p>\n

Subs: C Naughton for S Griffin (36), P Twohill for K Coughlan (48), M Maguire for S Griffin (56).<\/p>\n

Referee: Niall Hayes (Blarney).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dungourney 4-13\u00a0 Newtownshandrum 1-16\u00a0 Three second-half goals paved the way for Dungourney to be crowned Co Op Superstores…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[24,18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-207550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cork-gaa","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115636977397537552","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}