Cavans All Ireland Minor football Championship journey ended at the semi final stage in Croke Park this afternoon as Kerry ran out winners by 2-22 to 2-10.Kerry will now await the winners of Dublin and Derry in the All Ireland final as they vie for four in a row. David Clifford will dominated the headlines from the match today with a total of 1-10 with only three of that total coming from frees.
Cavan started well and were trailing by just one point at 0-04 to 0-03 when Kerry hit six points in a row but an Oisin Pearson goal three minutes from half time put the Ulster side firmly back in the contest and at half time the scoreline put it at Cavan 1-04 Kerry 0-11.
Heres the goal as described by match commentators Mickey Brennan and Damien Donohue
The second half saw Kerry start well and after a scoring burst of 1-06 unanswered they led by 1-17 to 1-04 but Cavan never gave up and as they’ve shown throughout the season they can stage fightbacks and James Smith goal in the 56th minute put only five points between them. Heres the goal described live by match commentator Mickey Brennan
However Kerry finished strongly and ran out 12 points winners.
After the game the Cavan manager Johnny Brady spoke with Shannonside Northern Sounds Damien Donohue.
Cavan: G O’Rourke; J Cooke, E Fortune, C Timoney; R Coyle, P Nulty, D Cusack; R Patterson (0-1), O Kiernan; R Curran, C Madden (0-1), P Rogers (0-1); J Smith (1-2), O Pierson (1-5, 2f), P Lynch. Subs: S Keogan for Kiernan (HT), K Brady for Coyle (37mins), N McCabe for Lynch (45), T Reilly for Curran (51), P Meade for Patterson (60), R Madden for Timoney (68).
