{"id":5702,"date":"2025-08-17T20:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/5702\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T20:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:49:08","slug":"micheal-mullins-shines-as-glen-rovers-squeeze-past-fr-oneills-and-into-knockouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/5702\/","title":{"rendered":"Miche\u00e1l Mullins shines as Glen Rovers squeeze past Fr O’Neill’s and into knockouts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Glen Rovers 1-19\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

\n Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s 0-19\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

Never comfortable, but never really in any doubt, either. It was a testing one for Glen Rovers, but they got the job done to secure passage to the knockout stages of the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship after defeating Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s in Midleton on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

They had done well against the breeze in the first half and stretched their lead to six by the 33rd minute, after a couple of good scores from lively midfielder Miche\u00e1l Mullins.<\/p>\n

But O\u2019Neill\u2019s would not go away. Time and time again, at the same venue they caught St Finbarr\u2019s out last year, O\u2019Neill\u2019s kept themselves within striking range, leaving the Glen no room for comfort.<\/p>\n

That O\u2019Neill\u2019s pressure kept building. In the 52nd minute, they finally got the gap back to three after a Declan Dalton 65, but that should have been the goal they needed. O\u2019Neill\u2019s had a free brought right up to the penalty spot after two Glen infractions. Dalton\u2019s shot was powerful, but blocked by Adam Lynch, and out for the 65.<\/p>\n

By the 57th minute, the three-point difference lingered, after Michael Wall teed up Kevin O\u2019Sullivan to keep O\u2019Neill\u2019s desperately hanging on. Mullins was fouled for a free, but Patrick Horgan \u2013 who had been faultless from placed balls up to that point \u2013 skimmed the outside of the post.<\/p>\n

Added time to go. Just maybe O\u2019Neill\u2019s would do it again.<\/p>\n

Peter Hassett fouled, Dalton free. Score. Two in it.<\/p>\n

\"FrFr O’Neill’s Peter Hassett holds off the challenge from Glen Rovers’ Brian Moylan. Picture: Howard Crowdy<\/p>\n

But Mullins hit back with a beauty over the shoulder. Hoggy added another after he was fouled to leave them four up again, and while Kevin O\u2019Sullivan got one more back for the east Cork side, they couldn\u2019t forge the goal they needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Glen hung on, only just. They join Sarsfields, who they face in the next round, on four points. O\u2019Neill\u2019s and Erin\u2019s Own are left to battle it out for survival.<\/p>\n

It was a tight affair from start to finish, but never a brilliant one. Placed balls the story of the game. Dalton versus Hoggy. The Cork seniors going head-to-head from frees.<\/p>\n

At conclusion, it was Horgan\u2019s goal that was the difference. His sixth minute major came from the penalty spot, after Adam O\u2019Donovan had surged through and popped it off to Eoin O\u2019Leary, who was brought down.<\/p>\n

Horgan struck low and left, giving the Glen a 1-2 to 0-1 advantage, but O\u2019Neill\u2019s were unable to get in front, or draw level at any point.<\/p>\n

Scores usually came in pairs for both teams. Either Horgan or Dalton from a placed ball. Momentum never swinging one way for too long.<\/p>\n

\"GlenGlen Rovers’ Simon Kennefick has his shot blocked by Ger Millerick of Fr O’Neill’s. Picture: Howard Crowdy<\/p>\n

There were just seven scores from play in the first half, and as Stephen Lynam teed up Mullins for the seventh from play on 28 minutes, the Glen moved five in front. Dalton would get one back from a free to leave it 1-9 to 0-8 at the break.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even against the breeze, the Glen were that bit on top. Defensively they were in control, only allowing O\u2019Neill\u2019s to slip through once in the opening 30, in a move that was well shut down by Rob Downey. Simon Kennefick was lively up front, too.<\/p>\n

In midfield, Miche\u00e1l Mullins had acres of space. He was a constant, relentless threat.<\/p>\n

A strong Glen third quarter left O\u2019Neill\u2019s with too much to do against a team who do not give an inch. O\u2019Neill\u2019s succumbed in the end, and will rue the lack of first half scores with the wind.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Glen Rovers: P Horgan 1-9 (1-0 pen, 0-6 f, 0-2 65), M Mullins 0-4, S Kennefick 0-3, E O\u2019Leary, S Lynam, L Quillligan 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s: D Dalton 0-12 (0-8 f, 0-2 65), K O\u2019Sullivan 0-3, John Millerick 0-2, R Cullinane, M Wall 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n GLEN ROVERS: C Hickey; A Lynch, D Dooling, L Coughlan; B Moylan, R Downey, E Downey; A O\u2019Donovan, M Mullins; E O\u2019Leary, P Horgan (c), R Dunne; S Kennefick, L Horgan, S Lynam.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: C McCarthy for Dooling, L Quilligan for L Horgan (both 45), J Brosnan for O\u2019Donovan (54), D Wall for Lynam (55).<\/p>\n

\n FR O\u2019NEILL\u2019S: P O\u2019Sullivan; M Millerick, D Harrington (jc), E Motherway; M O\u2019Keeffe, G Millerick (jc), T Millerick; K O\u2019Sullivan, R Kenneally; P McMahon, R Cullinane, Joe Millerick; B Dunne, D Dalton, John Millerick.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: M Wall for Dunne (13 inj), P Hassett for O\u2019Sullivan (14-16 temp), Hassett for Kenneally (59), Kenneally for G Millerick (60+2 inj).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: W King (Banteer)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glen Rovers 1-19\u00a0 Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s 0-19\u00a0 Never comfortable, but never really in any doubt, either. It was a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[1263,24,18,129,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-5702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cork-sport","9":"tag-cork-gaa","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-hurling","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5702","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=5702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}