GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 33 – September 4, 2015 | Page 22

2015 Junior C Hurling Champions, Portland. Photo Rory O’Donnell.

minutes to go when it was all square. Wexford, however,
netted a goal and two points in those final minutes and will
be the Boston Northeast representatives at this weekend’s
NACB finals.
It was Wexford doing all the scoring in the opening quarter of the game. With 15 minutes gone it was a 1-3 to no
score Wexford lead. Peter Ryan at center forward was central to much of the positive things happening for Wexford.
Ryan pointed the first score, and for the goal did well to
find Colm Kerins and take the return pass to kick the ball
into the net. His fellow club veteran, Dominic Magill also
did well at center back, and accounted for a point from a
65. Michael Collins in the middle of the field accounted
for the third point.
James Dooley was in great form at corner back for Tom’s
and on several occasions sent incoming fire back in the opposite direction. Tom’s had a handful of wides early on, and
eventually, in the 17th minute were rewarded with a goal af-

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ter Ciaran Moore got a second bite at the cherry from inside
the box and made no mistake. Chris Donoghue sent two
fine efforts over the bar and Fr. Tom’s were well off the mark.
With Collins playing well in midfield Wexford kept in the
ascendancy and again racked up three unanswered points
from Magill, Jason Foley and Collins himself. At the break it
was a 1-7 to 1-3 Wexford lead, with Tom’s hanging in.
The second half had the crowd on their feet for the final 10
minutes. Tom’s had kept it close and with the clock ticking
there was just a goal between the teams. Tom’s picked up
their performance for the second period and after 5 minutes
had the gap down to a point after scores from Higgins, Alan
Camon, and a Moore free. Wexford were under pressure as
Tom’s were on the verge of turning the game on its head.
Wexford found their feet again, and in large part thanks
to the performance of Magill. The Lavey man was not only
in the right place at the right time, but his delivery into the
forward line was quality. Kevin Joyce and Kerins brought