Hurlers qualify for A Championship Final

Junior A Championship Semi Final. Syls 2-12 Faughs 1-9

We knew that we would need to work even harder in the second playing into the wind & up the hill. The guys really stood up to this task & put in a huge defensive performance hunting in packs & not allowing Faughs any time or space in the second half. The second half started well for Syls with David Keogh being fouled & Martin Ormond striking sweetly over from distance.  Playing into the wind the half backs were under a lot of pressure from long clearances from Faughs but team captain Enda O Flaherty led the line excellently. David Casey dropped deep to great effect & mopped anything that came down the middle. The full back line marshalled by Ian McCafferty were outstanding, not giving an inch to a dangerous full forward line from Faughs.  The huge defensive performance meant that Faughs were not able to make any inroads into the half-time lead. Fergus Rooney was introduced with 20 minutes to go & promptly chipped in with 2 stylish points. Tom Reddy goaled soon afterwards to leave 10 points between the teams.  With the work rate & defensive effort that the lads were putting in it was always going to be very hard for Faughs to pull this lead back & despite a late goal conceded we ran out 6 point winners. It should be noted that the hard work wasn’t just confined to the back line but the midfield & forwards also put in the hard graft from the first whistle to the end.