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NY GAA: Wins for Armagh and Cork

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Monday, May 25, 2009, 10:46 PM

Updated Thursday, July 23, 2009, 5:34 PM

Action from Gaelic Park

Photo by Nuala Purcell

Roscommon 1 John R Stack 2 Michael Curley 4 Andrew Collins 5 Matt Quinn 6 Stephen Doherty 7 Michael O’Neill 8 Steven Spellman (0-01)9 David Gannon 10 Naill Nearney 11 Kieran Kieveney (0-01) 12 Henry Mitchell 13 Michael Travors (0-01)15 Brian Colleran Sub Shane Dummingan

Man of the Match John Hanratty (Armagh)

Referee Tommy Fahey (Waterford)

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Cork 1-13 Tyrone 0-08

Cork had a shooting star in their win over Tyrone in JP Boyle who contributed 8 points but it was the all round play of the balanced team that was the difference. With a dominant midfield in Alan Raferty and Rory Stafford, they had a field day in the first half.

Kick outs from both directions were won cleanly or on the breaks and this created chances up front continuously. Five points in the first ten minutes without reply with Boyle getting four gave them a lead they never surrendered.

A Tyrone two spot from Darren Petit and Pat Maguire from a free, Petits score was after a long solo run gave Tyron a life line but three of the final four points of the first half went to Cork for an 8 point to 3 lead at the break.

Cork made some positional changes to open the second half but the hits kept on coming. New arrival Colin Daly had his second point of the afternoon before Pat Maguire and JP Boyle swapped frees. Cork then had the deciding score of the game when Rory Stafford set Daly free on goal and the former Dublin panelist slotted home on the run.

With ten minutes gone in the half it was now 1-10 to 0-04. Tyrone had there best period of the contest scoring wise in the next ten minutes three points from Conor Downey Conor McNabb and a free by Aiden Power.

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