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Luke Horgan, Glen Rovers, and Daniel O’Connell, Kanturk, under the dropping ball.\u00a0Picture: Jim Coughlan.<\/p>\nGlen Rovers 3-20\n <\/p>\n
\n Kanturk 1-24\n <\/p>\n
Glen Rovers live to fight another day \u2013 but it was a close-run thing.<\/p>\n
Castletownroche had already been the site of Charleville\u2019s win over Sarsfields this year and as time ticked down on Sunday evening, it looked like Kanturk would prevail.<\/p>\n
Down by 3-9 to 0-14 at half-time, the Duhallow side had battled back in the second half, claiming the lead with a 47th-minute penalty from Brian O\u2019Sullivan. When the midfielder pointed a 65 to make it 1-24 to 3-16 with five left, it brought his own personal tally to a prodigious 1-15 but it was to be their last score.<\/p>\n
Before the game, a minute\u2019s silence was held for the late Jimmy Lynam and the Glen honoured him in the best way. They drew level as Miche\u00e1l Mullins was fouled for a Patrick Horgan free and then the county panellist provided the assist for Horgan\u2019s sixth and first from play. In between, Paul Walsh had pulled off a heroic block on a Mullins goal effort.<\/p>\n
Horgan had his hands full with the challenge of Tommy Walsh throughout while, at the other end, Robert Downey got the better of his duel with inter-county team-mate Alan Walsh and, as the clock moved into the red, he made a vital intervention.<\/p>\n
Luke Horgan, Glen Rovers, and Daniel O’Connell, Kanturk, under the dropping ball.\u00a0Picture: Jim Coughlan.<\/p>\n
When Lorcan O\u2019Neill claimed the break from Grantis Bucinskas\u2019s puckout, an avenue to goal suddenly opened up and he drove forward but Downey managed to effect the turnover without committing a foul. A Liam Coughlan clearance later and Simon Kennefick had the Glen in front; then sub Dave Noonan\u2019s block on an Ian Walsh effort led to a similar counter-attack that ended with Eoin O\u2019Leary securing the victory.<\/p>\n
The upshot of it all is that the Glen join Kanturk on two points, with a game against relegation-battling Fr O\u2019Neills to come, while their opponents must regroup for a must-win game against Blackrock.<\/p>\n
In terms of a response to the Rockies loss though, the manner of the win will hearten the northsiders and it was fitting that Kennefick and O\u2019Leary should supply the game-winning scores as they ensured that Horgan had support on the scoreboard and it was their first-half goals that gave them the lead.<\/p>\n
Kanturk did a lot right in that opening half, with Ryan Walsh superb at left half-back while O\u2019Sullivan started as he meant to go on, shooting them into a 0-5 to 0-2 lead before the first Glen goal \u2013 Kennefick showing lovely control from a Mullins sideline cut before deftly finishing.<\/p>\n
A second goal arrived on the quarter-way mark as Cathal Hickey\u2019s puckout was perfectly aimed to Mullins; while he was arguably fouled as he made his way goalwards, O\u2019Leary made that debate moot as he fired home for a 2-5 to 0-7 lead.<\/p>\n
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Adam Lynch, Glen Rovers, tackles Liam O’Keeffe, Kanturk. Picture: Jim Coughlan.<\/p>\n
After O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s sixth point, things got better for the Glen as Rhys Dunne\u2019s diagonal pass was perfect for O\u2019Leary to take and flash a shot to the net.<\/p>\n
The Glen\u2019s efficiency was underlined by the fact that their first wide wouldn\u2019t arrive until the 26th minute but Kanturk kept their heads and Colin Walsh was instrumental as they reeled off three points on the trot coming up to the break to keep them in touch.<\/p>\n
A pair of O\u2019Sullivan frees halved the deficit on the restart \u2013 the Glen of the view that the calls against them were softer than vice-versa, though when they did receive a scoreable free, Horgan opted to go low and Bucinskas saved.<\/p>\n
The middle period of the second half was blow for blow and it was still 3-13 to 0-20 when Colin Walsh\u2019s good catch opened things up for him but his tame shot was kept out by Hickey. They were within one thanks to his brother Paul, though, and then when another Colin Walsh catch led to a pass to Liam O\u2019Keeffe in space, he was fouled for a penalty.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s strike was emphatic and the lead was back with them, 1-21 to 3-13, then doubled through Colin Walsh, set up by his sibling Ryan.<\/p>\n
Then, another twist as Dean Brosnan\u2019s pass to Eoin O\u2019Leary saw him challenged by Bucinskas before his shot was deflected wide \u2013 initially, referee Ciaran O\u2019Regan signalled another penalty but, following consultation, a 65 was ordered.<\/p>\n
Horgan sent that over and followed with a free, O\u2019Sullivan fired over a sideline before the Glen\u2019s Dave Noonan marked his arrival with a point to cut the lead to a point.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Sullivan replied again with the 65 that followed a Rob Downey-Alan Walsh tussle and the Glen faced elimination but they dug deep to do what they had to. <\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Glen Rovers: E O\u2019Leary 2-3, P Horgan 0-7 (0-5f, 0-1 65), S Kennefick 1-4, D Brosnan 0-3, C McCarthy 0-2, D Noonan 0-1.<\/p>\n
\n Kanturk: B O\u2019Sullivan 1-15 (1-0 penalty, 0-9f, 0-1 65, 0-1 sl), P Walsh, A Walsh, C Walsh 0-2 each C Noonan, D O\u2019Connell, L O\u2019Neill 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n GLEN ROVERS: C Hickey; A Lynch, R Downey, E Varian; L Horgan, E Downey, L Coughlan; R Dunne, C McCarthy; D Brosnan, M Mullins, L Quilligan; S Kennefick, P Horgan, E O\u2019Leary.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: M Dooley for Quilligan (39), D Noonan for Dunne (52), B Moylan for McCarthy (59).<\/p>\n
\n KANTURK: G Bucinskas; J McLoughlin, T Walsh, C Mullane; L McLoughlin, D Browne, R Walsh; B O\u2019Sullivan, C Noonan; L O\u2019Neill, P Walsh, D O\u2019Connell; L O\u2019Keeffe, A Walsh, C Walsh.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: M Healy for Mullane (19, injured), I Walsh for O\u2019Sullivan (29-30, 45-46, both temp), I Walsh for L McLouhglin (52), R Sheahan for L O\u2019Keeffe (53), J Fitzpatrick for C Walsh (60-60+1, temp).<\/p>\n
\n Referee: C O\u2019Regan (Ballyhea).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glen Rovers 3-20 Kanturk 1-24 Glen Rovers live to fight another day \u2013 but it was a close-run…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[76],"tags":[45615,24,18,129,19,17,132],"class_list":["post-653628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-county-championship","tag-cork-gaa","tag-eire","tag-hurling","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117150022321945345","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653628","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=653628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}