SAFC: Three reasons Carrigaline beat Knocknagree
Carrigaline celebrations as captain Jack McCarthy lifts the cup. Picture: Larry Cummins
When Anthony O’Connor scored his superb goal for Knocknagree, they led by six points, 1-6 to 0-3, but Carrigaline didn’t dwell on the setback and instead scored the next three points to halve the deficit.
While they were four in arrears at half-time, the good start to the second half ensured that the game was right back in the melting pot and they harnessed that momentum to push on impressively.
The ‘dual’ here can, fittingly, have two meanings. The club is going well in both hurling and football – they will look to complete a double when they face Watergrasshill in the Co-op SuperStores Premier IHC final – and both championship runs have been built on successful league campaigns, winning Division 1 of the football and Division 2 of the hurling.
Winning games can only be a good thing and they were able to call upon plenty of positive muscle memory as they clawed their way back into contention without too much panic.
Éanna Desmond scored four points in the second half as part of a sparkling display while the disappointment of the loss of Brian Coakley to a late injury was offset by the fact that his replacement, Eoghan Landers, got on the scoresheet.
Centre-back David Griffin also strode forward to kick an important point with Brian O’Driscoll landing two important efforts from midfield.
In conjunction with a solid defensive effort that kept Knocknagree scoreless for more than 20 minutes, it all added up to a fine turnaround.
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