Longford hurling champions Wolfe Tones outclassed in crushing defeat against Wexford’s Castletown
AIB Leinster Club Junior Hurling Championship Quarter-Final
Castletown Liam Mellows (Wexford) . . . 6-18 Wolfe Tones Mostrim . . . 0-6
From the moment Marc Halpin scored the opening goal for the far superior Wexford Junior champions with seven minutes gone in the game, the floodgates opened up as Wolfe Tones were washed away in a mismatch.
The Edgeworthstown outfit had to wait a couple of months to play this provincial fixture but it did not matter such was the gulf in class and this futile exercise proved to be nothing more than target practice for the runaway winners who were in a commanding 2-15 to 0-3 lead at the break.
WOLFE TONES MOSTRIM: Maitiu O’Donohoe; Pearse McNally, Michael Savage, Cian McLoughlin; Adam Quinn, Evan Tully, Jack Belton; Ronan Courtney, James Connell; Dylan Hutchinson Martin Coyle (0-1), Cathal Mullane (0-5, frees); John Mulhern, Tiarnan Hussey, Killian Courtney.
Subs:- Ciaran McNally for A Quinn (36 mins); Liam Browne for T Hussey (41 mins); Ali Igbal for K Courtney, Briain O’Farrell for D Hutchinson and Adam Connaughton for R Courtney (all in the 59th minute).
CASTLETOWN LIAM MELLOWS: Gavin Stamp; Dylan Goland (0-1), Danny Gardiner, Frank Roche; Brendan Halpin (0-1), Colin Kennedy (1-1), Richard Farrell (0-1); Rory Heffernan (0-1), Ross Cody (0-4); Jack Higgins (1-1), Joe Gardiner (1-3), Marc Halpin (1-0); Conor Carty (0-1), Eoin Cullen (0-6, 4f, 1 ‘65), Robbie Brooks.
Subs:- Doran Daly O’Toole (1-4) for M Halpin (18 mins); Sean Og Stafford (1-0) for J Higgins (half-time); Alex Murphy (0-4) for R Brooks (half-time); Andy Merrigan for R Heffernan (39 mins); Tom O’Donohoe for J Gardiner (49 mins).
Referee: Sean Maher (Offaly).