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Ladies Football
Na Fianna pushed all the way
Na Fianna 2-16 Fermanagh 2-13

Na Fianna was made to work all the way before they secured the points in this trilling Ladies Championship encounter. Strong finishes at the ends of both half’s helped them to finally complete the win over a determined Fermanagh side who has thrown a spanner in the works for the Championship. They have shown that they will have a major say in the outcome. Na Fianna jumped into a 1-03 to zero lead after six minutes with Joanne McKenna getting the goal before Fermanagh came into the game.

A pair of goals from Loretta Cunningham and Ashley Gormley that sandwiched a point from Gormley had them into the lead with 15 minutes gone. A ;point from Molly O’Rourke did stem the tide but a further scoring burst of points from Cunningham and Erin Galligan who was very active in the middle of the field extended their advantage to two. 2-03 to 1-04. When Aine Dwyer and Mary O’Rourke linked with Molly O’Rourke Na Fianna had their second goal. They then cancelled out two points from Cunningham by finishing the half strong with a three points of their own.

Fermanagh started the second half in tornado form as they went back in front with three points from Maeve Burke, Cunningham and Caroline Murphy. As the game ebbed and flowed, Na Fianna again reacted to the Fermanagh attacks by getting back on the scoreboard. They had six of the next eight points as they went into a 2-14 to 2-10 lead.

Aine Dwyer slotted over four of the points from frees and they also had to withstand the loss of Joanne McKenna to injury when she ran into her own player. They withstood points from Maeve Burke and Erin Galligan by cancelling them with scores from Mary O’Rourke and Brianna Tierney after a long solo run. Erin Galligan did have the final chance but her shot went over when they needed a net shaker.

Fermanagh 1 Donna Traynor 2 Noleen Fitzpatrick 3 Tracy Ann McCullough 4 Orla Grogan 5 Maire Reynolds 6 Caitlin Slattery7 Christine Brian 8 Clare McElroy 9 Erin Galligan (0-03)10 Aisling Greally (1-01)11 Saoirse Finnigan 12 Brianna Coyle 13 Ashlin O’Sullivan 14 Loretta Cunningham (1-04)15 Marie Dunley Subs Caroline Murphy (0-02), Molly Boyle Maeve Burke (0-03)

Na Fianna 1 Nora McGrail 2 Ashley Brophy 3 Katharina Lynch 4 Stephanie Tierney b5 Shannon Spillane 6 Alison Traynor 7 Jessie Garcia 8 Aine Dwyer (0-06) 9 Michelle Brennan 10 Brianna Tierney (0-02)11 Molly O’Rourke (0-06) 12 Joanna McKenna (1-00)13 Janine Rynne 14 Mary O’Rourke (1-01)15 Kelly McCormack Subs Alison Leydon Karen Henry

Player of the game Aine Dwyer (Na Fianna)

Referee Eugene Kyne (Turloughmore)

Ladies Football
All Easy for KD.
Kerry/Donegal 2-24 Rockland 0-02 

Kerry/Donegal had it all their own way as they easily accounted for the challenge of Rockland in this Ladies encounter. Six points in the first six minutes with six different scorers set the stage and a plethora of scores throughout the first half made it 1-18 to 0-00 at the break.

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