*Sean Rynne gets a strike away despite Paddy Donnellan’s attempts to block. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill

INAGH/KILNAMONA are aiming to bring the form from their last two matches for their quarter-final showdown with Éire Óg this Saturday evening.

Back to back wins over O’Callaghans Mills and Broadford have revived Inamona’s season following a four point loss to Scariff in the opening round.

Achieving consistency is the focus for Inamona, manager Tomás Kelly said. “Look, the goal at the start of the championship was to get out of the group so the fact that we’ve achieved that means we’re happy. We weren’t happy the first day out but the last two performances have been pleasing but we need to keep up that consistency now, that’s the main thing”.

A 4-18 0-16 win over Broadford secured their place in the last eight. “We only led by a point at half-time having had the wind but the fact that Broadford were so close wasn’t a surprise to us as they have probably been one of the most impressive teams in the champi-onship. So we expected Broadford to come at us from the start but thankfully we got a great start to the second half with Sean [Rynne]’s goal and suddenly our efficiency was through the roof and we got to build up a bit of a cushion.

“We had also scored the first few points of the first half but gradually Broadford got to grips with us and sometimes playing against the wind can suit a team that bit more which is what we found too in the second half,” he added.

Aidan McCarthy’s first appearance of the championship provided a huge lift for The Combo who also saw Gearoid Barry hit 2-2 off the bench. “We got a great impact from our bench with Gearoid [Barry] and Aidan [McCarthy] really impacting on the scoreboard. We’re lucky that we have a very strong panel and lads are really pushing for places and others will be disappointed that they didn’t get any game-time”.

Kelly continued, “However, the final scoreline does completely flatter us and it must be tough on Broadford as for most of the championship they’ve been very good, it’s just that the second half got away from them really. For us, we’re looking forward to the quarter-finals now and hope to keep up the form of the last two matches”.

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