Convincing Opening Round Cusack Cup Win

Miltown 1-11 Kilrush 0-3 @ Kilrush

Miltown opened their Cusack Cup campaign with an 11 point win, over a poor Kilrush outfit on last Monday. Kilrush played with the aid of the breeze in the first half but trailed by 1 at half time 3pts to 2. However Miltown should have been further in front having missed a number of  frees and on more than one occasion, lost control of possession when scores seemed imminent.

Miltown dominated the second half and pulled 3 points ahead through the boot of Joe Curtin from placed balls. Eoin Curtin was denied a goal when his rasping shot struck the post midway through the half but he was rewarded moments later when he netted following a rebound from Gary Egan's fisted effort. St.Joseph's converted 5 unanswered points in the finishing stages to put the result beyond doubt. Manager James Fleming, can be very pleased with the overall performance by his side, the Miltown defence were very solid and had a number of good displays, particularly from the excellent Sean Malone and Graham Kelly. Enda Malone & Brendan O'Brien also did well. Sean & John Meade got the better of the exchanges at midfield and Eoin Curtin was lively in attack.

Miltown Team: N.Quinn, B.O'Brien, K.Burke, E.Malone, S.Malone, Gordon Kelly, D.McDonagh, J.Meade (Capt), S.Meade, Graham Kelly, G.Egan, M.Malone, B.Curtin, E.Curtin, J.Curtin. Subs: M.Hehir for B.Curtin, C.McKenna for G.Egan, G.Malone for G.Kelly, I.Sexton for B.O'Brien & D.Talty for J.Curtin.