Portlaoise CBS fall short in U-16 South Leinster football semi final

Portlaoise CBS 0-8 Gorey CS 3-12
U-16 South Leinster Semi Final

Gorey Community School proved to be too strong for Portlaoise CBS as they ended their South Leinster football journey in the LOETB Centre of Excellence this afternoon.

Portlaoise CBS got off to a great start with a great point from Kieran O’Donnell.

O’Donnell went on to kick three more points in the first half while DJ White and Josh Hogan also chopped in with efforts.

Portlaoise CBS managed to lead for the entire first half with a great display of football.

The first half ended at Portlaoise CBS 0-6 to Gorey CS 0-5.

The second half started in terrible conditions of wind and rain and Gorey CS opened the scoring with a goal.

A penalty was awarded to Gorey CS in quick succession and was slotted home.

Gorey CS went on to score another goal and seven points in the second half as Portlaoise CBS could only two points from open play in the second half with Kieran O’Donnell scoring one and Liam Óg Brennan scoring the other.

Despite putting in a spirited performance, Gorey CS showed to be too much for Portlaoise CBS in the second half and it rounds off a disappointing week for the school who were also beaten in the senior South Leinster semi-final by Tullamore on Tuesday.

SCORERS – Portlaoise CBS: Kieran O’Donnell 0-5 (two frees), Josh Hogan, DJ White and Liam Óg Brennan 0-1 each.

PORTLAOISE CBS: Dylan Keyes; Jack Tobin, Ben Lalor, Barry Fitzpatrick; Sam Birrane, Ben Reddin, Sean Downey; Liam Óg Brennan, Colin McEvoy; Ben Dempsey, Aaron Brennan, Josh Hogan; Kieran O’Donnell, Brian Smith, DJ White.

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