Clooney/Quin and Smith O’Briens fielded relatively young teams when they met in the opening round of Division 1B in the Clare Cup on St. Patrick’s Day.

Clooney/Quin 1-20
Smith O’Briens 0-10
Venue: Clooney

The early exchanges were relatively even but Clooney/Quin got a grip on proceedings in the second quarter and when the half time whistle sounded they were 1-8 to 0-3 in front, the goal coming from corner forward Shane Harrisson.

They continued to hold the upperhand in the second half on their way to a merited win with Dannan Fox emerging as their top scorer with 0-7 to his credit.

Eoghan O’Brien and Dylan Cunningham each landed four points while Harrisson finished with 1-3 to his name.

John Cusack and Jason Monahan scored 0-3 each for a Killaloe side that had eight under 20’s in their line up. Evan Connolly and Shane Geraghty each scored two points

Clooney/Quin: Cathal Hannon; Colin Haugh, Shane McNamara, Killian O’Gara; David Considine, Conor Grogan, Paul Clune; Michael McNamara, Donagh O’Sullivan; Eoghan O’Brien, Dylan Cunningham, Ulick O’Sullivan; Dannan Fox, Paul Hogan, Shane Harrisson.

Subs; Enda O’Halloran for Haugh; Lorcan O’Connor for Cunningham; Mike Daffy for Hogan; David Kennedy for Clune; Gary Hogan for U. O’Sullivan;

Smith O’Briens; Mark McInerney; Cian McLoughlin, Stephen Geraghty, Sean McMahon; Brian McInerney, David Gough, Ben Murnane; Evan Connolly, Jason Monahan; Dara Nolan, Shane Geraghty, Eoghan Power; Eoin Heffernan, John Cusack, Cillian Collins;

Subs: Jack McCarthy for McLoughlin; Dean Lawlor for Power; John Power for Monahan;

Referee: Jarlath Donnellan (Wolfe Tones)

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