ACL. Div.3: Mullingar Shamrocks 0-6 Ballinagore 2-9

With players absent for a variety of reasons including injury and the need to rest some players for Sunday’s crucial  Div.1 match, an understrength Mullingar Shamrocks were comprehensively beaten by Ballinagore on Saturday evening. Tommy McDaniels inflicted the damage on Shamrocks as he produced the kind of performance one would expect from a senior inter-county player in the free and easy environment of a Division 3 League match. He scored 2-7 on the night and was well supported by centre-forward Brandon Carey.  McDaniels' opening goal came from a penalty; the foul earned a black card for Daragh White whose match came to a premature end after 10 minutes. Ballinagore led by 2-4 to 0-2 at the interval. The second half was more evenly contested as Ballinagore outscored Shamrocks by a single point (0-5 to 0-4). If McDaniel excelled in scoring for Ballinagore so too did Ross Corroon for Shamrocks as he kicked four excellent points on the night. Our other scores came from Kenneth O’Reilly and Paddy Joyce. Killian White, David Coyne, Paddy Joyce, Eamonn Breslin, Mark McLoughlin, Neil Hannigan and Anthony Clinton also played very well on the night.

Mullingar Shamrocks: Killian White; Daragh White (-black card, Niall Kevin), David Coyne, Cormac Murphy; Stephen Hassett, Ross Corroon (0-4), Eamonn Breslin; Mark McLoughlin and Pearse Corroon; Ciaran O’Méara (Shane Colleary), Gary Corroon (Seán Wylie), Neil Hannigan; Kenneth O’Reilly (0-1), Anthony Clinton (Cathal Crowley), Paddy Joyce [0-1] (Ross Brady).