Oldcastle into Corn na Boinne Semi-Final with win over St Ultan’s

Oldcastle 2-9 St Ultan’s 1-6

Oldcastle booked their place in the Corn na Boinne Semi-Final by defeating St Ultan’s  in Millbrook on a bitterly cold and windy  Sunday (12 Feb.2017) morning.

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St Ultans 1-6 Oldcastle 2-9 (St Ultan’s report  www.hoganstand.com/meath)
Oldcastle took advantage of a strong wind and dominated the first half scoring to lead 2-5 to 3 at half time all of Ultans scores coming from Mark Allen frees.

Oldcastle started well against the stiff wind getting the first points of the half before Shane Mulroe scored a point from play.

Ultans started to get a lot more possession and Mark Allen finished to the net after a great pass from Ronan Breslin. Mark Allen completed the scoring for Ultans with 2 more frees, but Oldcastle finished strongly to advance to the semi-finals.

St Ultans: Cian Farnan, Darren Mallon, Sean Herward, Jason Bennett, Sean Power, Martin Dolan, Shane Dolan, Barry Brady, Declan Galligan, Declan Ball, Mark Allen 1-5 (5f) Ronan Galligan, Gearoid Rennicks, Conor Smyth, Ronan Breslin Subs Used Shane Mulroe 0-1, Emmet Costello, Conor Martin