The annual Town and Gown game took place in Oxford today. People questioning life decisions made their way to Horspath.
Yet again played in a gale Éire Óg won the toss and played with the wind in the first half. Using the conditions well Éire Óg settled well and scored goals early on, Jonathan Cuddy making his debut scored a brace in the first ten minutes. As the half went on OUGAA got to grips and managed to score some nice points, one nice one from Brendan Quinlan in particular. At half time it stood Éire Óg 4-04 OUGAA 0-07.
OUGAA used the breeze well in the second half keeping plenty of the ball. Ciaran Gallen was doing well from frees. A controversial penalty decision went against Éire Óg. Brendan Quinlan took the ball and placed it on the penalty spot, but Tommy Griffin managed to stop it. Justice. Éire Óg fought back and scored some nice goals despite some brilliant defensive efforts from Laura Dunne and another man making his debut Marcus De Cogan. Quinlan managed to score a consolation goal towards the end.
Final score Éire Óg 7-07 OUGAA 1-13.
Éire Óg: T Griffin, N Burke, D Behan, J Mangan, C Forde, D Cuddy, E Devlin, J Cuddy, P O’ Donovan, K Morrissey.
OUGAA: R Henry, J Heffernan, L Dunne, S Troxel, M De Cogan, D Fahy, C Dillon, A Stone, S Mulligan, B Quinlan, C Gallen.
Ref Frank Dillon
