LEINSTER UNDER-21 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST ROUND Carlow 0-14 Wicklow 1-6:MIDFIELDER DARRAGH Foley turned in a man-of-the-match performance for Carlow as they knocked Wicklow out of the Leinster Under-21 championship for a second successive year with this five-point win under lights at Baltinglass last night.
Foley dominated midfield throughout and in addition he was Carlow’s top scorer with 0-4, two coming from frees in the first half.
Wicklow led twice in the first quarter after Brendan McCrea had drilled to the net, but they drifted 0-9 to 1-2 in arrears by the break.
Wicklow cut the margin to a single point in the first 12 minutes of the second half and goalkeeper William Hender-Phillips saved a penalty before Carlow consolidated their lead to run out comfortable winners.
CARLOW: D Murphy; S Murphy, C Lawlor, J Kenny; J Byrne (0-1), B Lambe, M Doyle; D Foley (0-4, 0-2 frees), L Shepard; A Kenny, C Moran (0-2), M Fitzgerald (0-1); C Wall (0-2), J Kennedy (0-2, 0-1 free), D O'Brien. Subs: M Mullen (0-2) for Fitzgerald, D Roberts for Wall, J Sutton for Moran.
WICKLOW: W Hender-Phillips; J Snell, P McLoughlin, K Hanlon; D Healy, M Mangan, M O'Brien; D Woods (0-1), J Merrigan; E Doyle, T Kelly (0-3, frees), J Henderson; B McCrea (1-0), E Woulfe (0-1), C McGraynor (0-1). Subs: B Clarkson for Snell, A Murphy for E Doyle, K Murphy for Merrigan, C Daly for J Henderson.
Referee: B O'Shea(Dublin).
