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Irish Examiner
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Tyrone pip Kerry to minor crown to keep treble bid on track
Electric Ireland All-Ireland MFC final: Tyrone 1-16 (1-1-14) Kerry 1-15 (1-2-11) The Tyrone treble remains in play - on both fronts. Kerry's suffering at the Red Hand remains unbroken. A pulsating All-Ireland minor football decider ended with a Ben Kelliher challenge not earning a Kerry free and Tyrone holding out for a one-point triumph. Added to U20 All-Ireland glory in late May, the Tyrone clean sweep of minor, U20, and senior success still has a pulse and a chance. Added to the county's All-Ireland U20 semi-final win over Kerry, the clean sweep of minor, U20, and senior knockout championship victories over the green and gold still has a pulse and a chance. The senior semi-final clash to decide one treble and keep another alive throws-in in six days time. Kerry will question if Kelliher should have been awarded a free past the allotted four minutes of second-half injury-time. Tyrone, in reply, can point to the fact that they should have had red ribbons attached to the silverware long before that late, late non-call. Trailing 1-13 to 0-12 on 47 minutes, the final quarter was theirs. It was a final quarter where they threatened to kick the title straight into Kerry hands. After 1-2 in three minutes to seize a 1-14 to 1-13 lead - the goal a Peter Colton penalty following a foul on influential sub Matthew F Daly - the wides and misses flowed. Ben Kelliher of Kerry in action against Padraig Goodman of Tyrone during the Electric Ireland GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship final match between Kerry and Tyrone at Cedral St Conleth's Park in Newbridge, Kildare. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile Elliott Kerr was off target, then Colton, then Thomas Meenan. Colton hit the post, James Mulgrew's effort was short. Daly added to the wides collection spiralling out of control. In between this flood of not taken opportunities, Kerry pair Danny Murphy and Kelliher, the latter a superb point considering the attention of three white shirts in right corner, snuck the Kingdom back in front 13 seconds shy of the hour. Colton brought stalemate for the ninth time with a free brought forward for Kerry dissent. There'd been an earlier second half breach of the new rules that also cost them a white flag. The 63rd-minute winner was almost no winner at all. Colton again rattled the post. Diarmuid Martin gathered the breaking ball and brought Tyrone to nine on the All-Ireland minor roll of honour. An eight-year gap bridged without the presence of West Ham's Joel Kerr, a multi-code talent who contributed 2-13 on the road to Newbridge. Operating into a not insignificant breeze in the opening half, Kerry boss Wayne Quillinan and his young crew wouldn't have sniffed at the three-point deficit facing them on 25 minutes pertaining to the break. After five times level, Tyrone had built momentum and a lead of such size that had not existed up to then. James Mulgrew landed the sole two-pointer of the half on 23 minutes. There followed a Kerry attack being turned over, a foul on Pearse McDonald, and an Eoin Long converted free for an 0-8 to 0-5 lead. No greater did the lead extend, though. It went, in fact, in the opposite direction. 1-2 without reply. A five-point swing. A two-point Kerry half-time lead. The burst began with a Ben Kelliher foul and Gearóid White converting. Kerry's Mark O'Carroll claimed the resultant kickout, Danny Murphy claiming the point. The minimum between them. And, then on 29 minutes, the lead. Kelliher had charged in along the endline earlier in the half only to be called for overcarrying. There was no calling or catching him here. Kelliher again charged along the endline in the final play of the game. Nothing came from it. More Ulster-inflicted misery. In four of the last six minor campaigns, Kerry have been knocked out or beaten in the decider by Ulster opposition. In their last two U20 campaigns, Tyrone bettered them at the semi-final and final stage. In the last two Hogan Cups, Ulster opposition bettered Mercy Mounthawk of Tralee at the semi-final and final stage. Need we say any more. The upper hand is the Red Hand. SCORERS FOR TYRONE: P Colton (1-2, 1-0 pen, 0-1 free); E Long (0-5, 0-3 frees); J Mulgrew (tp), D Martin (0-3 each); A Quinn, D McAnespie (free), MF Daly (0-1 each). SCORERS FOR KERRY: B Kelliher (1-2); G White (0-4, tp, 0-1 free); K Griffin (0-3, tp, 0-1 '45); D Murphy, T O'Connell (0-2 each); J Curtin, A Tuohy (0-1 each). TYRONE: R Donnelly (Eglish); E Kerr (Errigal Ciaran), P Goodman (Fintona Pearses), C McCrystal (Loughmacrory); T Meenan (Killyclogher), J Daly (Eglish), A Quinn (Errigal Ciaran); J Mulgrew (Kildress Wolfe Tones), P Donaghy (Carrickmore St Colmcille's); C Farley (Beragh Red Knights), P Colton (Fintona Pearses), D McAnespie (Aghaloo O'Neill's); D Martin (Fintona Pearses), P McDonald (Loughmacrory), E Long (Cookstown). SUBS: MF Daly (Eglish) for McAnespie (44); V Gormely (Carrickmore St Colmcille's) for McDonald (48); M Kennedy (Glenelly St Joseph's) for Long (59). KERRY: R Kennedy (Kerins O'Rahillys); R Sheridan (Duagh), E Joy (Ballymacelligott), T Ó Slatara (Churchill); D Murphy (Listry), D Sargent (John Mitchels), M Clifford (Firies); M Ó Sé (An Ghaeltacht), J Curtin (Ballyduff); M O'Carroll (Dr Crokes), G White (John Mitchels), A Tuohy (Austin Stacks); B Kelliher (Dr Crokes), K Griffin (St Michael's Foilmore), T O'Connell (Tarbert). SUBS: N Lacey (Kerins O'Rahilly's) for O'Connell (44); J Kissane (Moyvane) for Ó Sé (52); P Ó Mainnín (Lios Póil) for O'Carroll (54). REFEREE: T Murphy (Galway).
BBC News
a day ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Tyrone beat Kerry to win All-Ireland Minor title
Tyrone won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship for the first time since 2010 with a dramatic 1-16 to 1-15 win over Kerry in Sunday's final. Ben Kelliher netted the only goal of the first half as Kerry held a 1-8 to 0-7 advantage at the break. Tyrone, without key forward Joel Kerr after his move to Premier League side West Ham, kept fighting and got a goal through Peter Colton's penalty with nine minutes remaining in was nothing to split the sides in injury time, but Diarmuid Martin popped up with the decisive point in the final minute to get Tyrone over the a tight opening quarter, Tyrone started to stretch their legs as James Mulgrew landed a two-pointer from play and Eoin Long fired over a free. But after Gearoid White and Danny Murphy chipped into the Red Hands' advantage, Kelliher worked some space in front of goal and fired into the top corner to put Kerry in front at Quinn brought Tyrone back within one point just seconds after the restart and Long levelled the final with a free. Tadhg O'Connell and Diarmuid Martin traded scores before White's two-pointer moved Kerry back in front. Long responded for Tyrone but another two-pointer, this time from Kevin Griffin, restored the Kingdom's three-point buffer. Kerry could have all but ended the contest after Kelliher was clean through on goal after a poor kick-out from Ronan Donnelly, but the goalkeeper redeemed his error by forcing the forward wide before Padraig Goodman put in a big block. Griffin then landed a free, but Matthew Daly immediately responded for Tyrone to keep a goal between the sides and Long fired over with the Kerry goal was a further twist with nine minutes to play with Daly was brought down by John Curtin and Tyrone were awarded a penalty, which Colton fired into the top corner to put Gerard Donnelly's side one point ahead. Murphy's well-taken point levelled the contest with five minutes remaining, and Kelliher landed a point after Donnelly pushed his goal-bound effort over the bar as the clocked ticked into four minutes off additional levelled the game once more through a well-struck free, and another effort bounced off the upright allowed Martin to put the Ulster champions ahead heading into the final had one last attack but another decisive intervention from Martin, who came away with the ball after goalmouth scramble, sparked wild celebrations as Tyrone ended their long wait for success at this grade.
Irish Times
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Times
Tyrone deserving favourites to extend underage dominance
All-Ireland MFC Final: Kerry v Tyrone, St Conleth's Park, Newbridge, Sunday, 1.30pm – Live TG4 The power of Tyrone's underage conveyor belt continues to impress. This year, they won a third under-20 All-Ireland in four seasons to go with Omagh CBS's two Hogan Cups in the past three years. Now, the minors are in the Electric Minor Ireland All-Ireland, looking for a first win in 15 years. Kerry are the first non-Ulster side to make the final in three years and are after a first title since the five-in-a-row sequence concluded seven years ago. They won a classic semi-final against Mayo, surviving a late comeback with a huge contribution from Ben Kelliher of 0-9, seven from play. Like Kerry, Tyrone are unbeaten so far, but have a personnel problem with the gifted Joel Kerr having signed for English soccer club West Ham, effective from July 1st. Frantic negotiations have been ongoing against a pessimistic backdrop. The Ulster champions have, however, had prolific inputs from Peter Colton and Eoin Long and have enjoyed the benefits of training with the under-20s and seniors in Garvaghy. READ MORE They deserve to be favourites even on a form line through Cavan who they beat more comfortably in the provincial final than Kerry managed later in the All-Ireland series. Verdict: Tyrone
