Portumna in their pomp

As they say though, just because your wife dies it doesn't mean your house can't burn down. When Brian Phelan scored De La Sale's second point from a free the puck- out was taken in a flash, straight to Leo Smith who drove it over the bar at the far end. That's how little oxygen...

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Published inThe Irish times
Main Author Humphries, Tom
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dublin The Irish Times DAC 18.03.2009
Subjects
Canning, Joe
Hayes, Damien
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Summary:As they say though, just because your wife dies it doesn't mean your house can't burn down. When Brian Phelan scored De La Sale's second point from a free the puck- out was taken in a flash, straight to Leo Smith who drove it over the bar at the far end. That's how little oxygen Portumna were allowing their opponents. PORTUMNA : I Canning; M Dolphin, E McEntee (0-1) O Canning (Capt); G Heagney, M Ryan (0-1) , A O'Donnell; E Lynch (0-1), L Smith (0-1); N Hayes (0-3), K Hayes (0-2), A Smith (0-2); D Hayes (2-3); J Canning (0-9, five frees, one sideline), C Ryan. Subs : D Canning (0-1) for C Ryan (56 mins), M Gill for G Heagney (57 mins), P Smith for L Smith (57 mins), P Tracy for A O'Donnell (59 mins), J O'Flaherty for E McEntee (59 mins). DE LA SALLE : S Brenner (0-1, a pen); A Kelly, I Flynn, M Doherty; D Russell (0-1), K Moran, S Daniels; B Phelan (0-2, one free), C Watt; P Nevin (1-0), J Mullane (0-1), L Hayes; D Twomey, D McGrath, D Greene, Subs : B Farrell for L Hayes (10 mins), T Kearney (0-2) for D McGrath (17 mins), J Quirke (0-1) for B Farrell (half-time), A O'Neill for C Watt (56 mins), D Dooley for D Twomey (56 mins).