03 August 2003 Galway hunger Satisfied Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! Galway hunger Satisfied. By Fr.Liam Kelleher Galway 4-16 Cork 2-11. Last year Galway suffered heavy defeats to Cork in the under 14 and 16 All-Ireland finals. They have lost the last 3 under 16 All-Ireland finals and it was obvious from the word go in this All-Ireland semi Final played in excellent conditions at Mungret in Limerick on Saturday that their hunger was ravenous. They came at Cork in attacking waves from the word go and never relented until the final whistle. Not that Cork were not hungry, of course they were but Galway were hungrier and simply better overall on the day. Galway opened the scoring with 2 Rachel King points from frees and a point from Niamh Fahy before Geraldine OFlynn and Siobhan Forde opened Corks account, then Cork had a glorious goal chance which they spurned, the keeper Louise Morris saved at point blank range, the inrushing Amanda Murphy collided with her and was injured and played no further part. This was a huge blow to Cork but despite the fact that Galway were much stronger physically it was nip and tuck for the remainder of the first half Una Carroll who was a thorn in the side of Cork all afternoon, scored a peach of a goal. There was virtual stalemate for 15 minutes but in the 7 minutes before the break scores came thick and fast. Sarah Cosgrave scored points in the 26th and 27th minutes Rachel King added another on the 30th and Una Carroll added 2 more on the 31 and 32nd minutes. Cork replied with a point from Siobhan Forde after 25 minutes while Geraldine OFlynn gave Cork a real uplift with a goal in the 29th minute and points in the 33rd and 34th minutes to leave the half time score 1-8 to 1-5 in favour of Galway.. Determined Galway started of the 2nd half in equally determined fashion, scoring early points from Sarah Cosgrave and Christine Reilly. Cork who moved Geraldine OFlynn to Full forward and Rena Buckley to centre forward in an attempt to boost a flagging attack replied with 2 points from Geraldine and Laura Harrington but that was as near as they got. It was a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul and when any Cork attack broke down Galway punished them dearly with counter attacks, the decisive goal came when Una Carroll who had restored Galways lead to 4 points in the 9th minute careered through for a goal and Galway never looked back. They did not score again until the 17th minute and Cork did reduce the deficit to 5 points with scores from Geraldine OFlynn and Laura Harrington, but Galway quickly replied with points from Rachel King and outstanding centre back Nora Warde. A goal from Rena Buckley and a point from Geraldine OFlynn gave Cork hope with just 4 points between the sides with 10 minutes to go, but that was as good as it got for Cork and Galway were completely on top for the remainder of the game, which yielded scores with monotonous regularity. Galway were full value for their win and it will take a very good team to deny them a final win which has eluded them for the past 3 years. They were very strong down the centre with Grainne Egan Nora Warde Marian Brannelly Mary Hanley Niamh Fahy and Una Carroll and their wingers did a tremendous amount of running. Cork on the other hand only performed d in patches and were never allowed into their usual free flowing rhythm by a hard tackling Galway outfit. Galway scorers Una Carroll 2-4 Sarah Cosgrave 1-4 Rachel King 0-5. Theola Moore 1-0 Niamh Fahy 0-1 Nora Warde 0-1 Anne Marie McDonagh 0-1. Cork scorers Geraldine OFlynn 1-6, Rena Buckley 1-0 Siobhan Forde 0-2 Laura Harrington 0-2 Noreen OFarrell 0-1 Galway Louise Morris, Claire Molloy, Grainne Egan, Nichola Fahy, Sinead Mulkerrins, Nora Warde, Catriona Cormican, Marian Brannelly, Mary Hanley, Christina Reilly, Niamh Fahy Capt, Cora Joyce, Sarah Cosgrove Una Carroll, Rachel King. Evelyn Bermingham, Niamh Lohan, Ann Marie McDonagh, Louise Crehan, Sinead Audley, Michelle Delaney, Sinead Nestor, Theola Moore, Elaine OSullivan, Sarah Noone Roisin Gavin, Sinead Egan Irena Larkin, Sile Burke, Corina Delaney. Cork Orla Murphy, Cathy Ann Stack, Emma Dunne, Aine OSullivan, Louise Coholan, Rena Buckley, Ciara Walsh, Laura Power Laura Harrington, Carmel McCarthy, Geraldine OFlynn, , Amanda Murphy, Siobhan Forde, Lisa McSweeny, Noreen OFarrell Claire Daly, Margaret Murphy. Lisa Hennessy, Sarah Healy Anita Thompson, Stacy Dawson, Yvonne Twomey, Michele Goggin, Amanda Goggin Tara Buckley Yvonne Twomey. Cavan win The 2nd Semi Final was played at Pairc Tailteann in Navan and Cavan scored a narrow win over Dublin on a scoreline of 2-16 to 3-10 Share this Article 0 0