Kirwan gives masterclass to help mighty Clonmel oust St Brendan's

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Tuesday December 01 2009

A MASTERclass from midfielder Tom Kirwan helped Clonmel CBS to victory in yesterday's entertaining final at Mallow.

Kirwan scored 1-6 for his side, as well as providing good fielding and strong running, while Clonmel were also aided by a good return from their half-forward line of Kevin Kirwan, Michael Meagher and Michael Connolly.

Despite a good performance from centre-forward Conor Keane, and a solid display from their full-back line, St Brendan's of Killarney found it tough to live with the extra size of their Tipperary opponents.

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However, early on it looked as if Brendan's were on course for their fourth win in a row in this competition, when Keane converted a fourth-minute penalty.

Once Clonmel scored four unanswered points -- including three from Kirwan -- to put them in front, they would not trail again and by half-time their lead was 0-8 to 1-2.

The game as a contest was ended inside the first five minutes of the second half.

First Meagher pointed before Tom Kirwan profited from a handpass from Jason Ryan and finished well, and then Kevin Kirwan made it 1-12 to 1-2.

That 10-point margin would be how it would stay until the end as Clonmel ran out easy winners.

Scorers -- Clonmel CBS: T Kirwan 1-6 (2f), K Kirwan 0-3, M Meagher, P White 0-2 each, K Fahey, M Connolly 0-1 each.

St Brendan's, Killarney: C Keane 1-3 (2f), G Kelly 0-2 (1f).

CLONMEL CBS -- D O'Mahony; A Sheehan, E Kehoe, L Boland; T Cooney, R Mulcahy, R Lyons; T Kirwan, K Fahey; K Kirwan, M Meagher, M Connolly; D Collins, J Ryan, P White. Subs: P Looram for Sheehan (blood, 4-9), Looram for Sheehan (inj, 18), R Dennehy for Collins (50), S Crowley for White (52), C Arrigan for Ryan (60).

ST BRENDAN'S, KILLARNEY -- A O'Connor; K O'Sullivan, A Walsh, M O'Shea; K Teahan, J O'Sullivan, M Coffey; J O'Neill, Z Hoque; D Rice, C Keane, A Moriarty; G Kelly, L Byrnes, D Roche.

Subs: P Casey for Teahan (28), K Murphy for O'Neill (34), D O'Sullivan for Moriarty (46), P Clifford for Casey (59).

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