McMonagle on fire with 1-10 as St Eunan’s win at Robert Emmets

Lee McMonagle stole the show with a jaw-dropping performance for St Eunan’s with their Junior A Championship opener with Robert Emmets on Saturday evening. 

Robert Emmets 0-11
St Eunans 1-14

McMonagle’s goal won the 2012 SFC for the black and amber and he scored a whopping 1-10 in the six-point victory. The full-forward was in devastating form with 1-5 of those scores from play.  

Dylan McNamee kicked four points and was Robert Emmets’ top scorer in what was an all round good performance from a young and inexperienced local starting 15. 

The home side’s line-up included five of last year’s minor team all who had their first outing in a senior championship. 

McMonagle’s goal was the decisive score of the opening half in which the hosts matched the O’Donnell Park men for much of the opening 30 minutes. 

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St Eunans led by four points at half-time 1-6 to 0-5 and again Robert Emmets were in the game right to the closing minutes when St Eunan’s added three late points for a somewhat flattering winning margin. 

Robert Emmets scorers: Dylan McNamee 0-4; Dominic McGlinchey and Rory Dalton 0-2 each, Conor McGettigan, Aaron Dalton, Ciaran Dalton 0-1 each.
St Eunans scorers: Lee McMonagle 1-10; Darragh Morrison 0-2; Cormac Finn and Donnahca Devenney 0-1 each.

Robert Emmets: Ronan Kennedy; Dean Hughes, Jordan Tourish, John Doherty; Niall Quinn, Conor Dalton, Brian Lafferty; Aaron Dalton, Rory Dalton;Ciaran Dalton, Neil Mulcahy, Daniel Dalton; Conor McGettigan , Dominic McGlinchey , Dylan McNamee. Subs: John Hunter, Brian Harvey.

St Eunans: BLake Forkan; Gavin McCarron, Ryan Hilferty, Josh Hay; Sean Freeburn, Sean Halvey, Ultan McGuinness; Matthew Gallagher, Cormac Finn; Darragh Morrison, Conal McGinley, Lorcan O’Donnell; Lorcan Harvey, Lee McMonagle, Donnacha Devenney. Subs: Oisin McGarvey for D Devenney; Johnnie Lambe for U McGuinness; Matt Ahearne for L Harvey; Donacha Devenney for L O’Donnell.