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Rearcross 0 - Donohill Doon 2

Rearcross bowed out of the Ann Kennedy Tournament after going under to a lively Donohill Doon combination on a two nil score line on Thursday evening. The omens looked bad for the hosts when Matthew Ryan Luke was foced to retire injured with just two minutes gone after an accidental head clash that saw the Garavane player receiving four stitches. The TSDL side went on to dominate the opening exchanges and came close on twelve minutes when a long range effort from Kevin Fox smashed against the cross bar. The opener came six minutes before the break when Philip McGrath produced the trickery on the right before laying off to Joe Shanahan who finished with aplomb from the edge of the eighteen yard box.Rearcross had their moments towards the end of the half with a Derek O'Toole effort not far of the mark. Rearcross keeper Jim Caplis produced a man of match performance for Rearcross and made a double save in injury time at the end of the first half to keep the score line intact. Rearcross made a bright start to the second half and made the first incision with a Kieran Devitt header which flew over the bar. Donohill Doon started to gain a foothold as the half wore on and it was to take a triple save from Jim Caplis in a matter of seconds to keep the visitors at bay the first coming when Michael O'Neill's well struck effort was tipped on to the crossbar. Jim Caplis was in the action again midway through the half after racing off his line to save at the feet of Kevin Fox. Rearcross chances were limited after this although the green & whites had claims for a penalty waved on with eight minutes to go. Kevin Fox wrapped it up for Jody Shanahan's side three minutes from time with a dinked effort over an advancing Jim Caplis. A Raymond Williams strike dragged wide of far upright with seconds remaining to deprive the home side of a consolation goal.

Rearcross: Jim Caplis, Liam Ryan, Darren Quigley, Eamon Devitt, Eamon Wade, Michael O'Gorman, Matthew Ryan Luke, Mark Hogan, PJ McLoughlin, Derek O'Toole, Kieran Devitt
Subs: James Deegan, Brendan Shanahan, Raymond Williams

Donohill / Doon: Pat Hennessey, Eoghan O'Brien, Alan Shanahan, Patrick Aherne, Michael O'Neill, Joseph Shanahan, Michael Buckley, Kevin Fox, Raymond Barry, Philip McGrath, Keith Shanahan
Subs: Sean O'Dwyer, Dinny Crosse, Josh Quinn, John Ahern, Tom Car

Referee: Tony Canning

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