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AFTER the London disaster last Sunday was Redemption Day, the Carlow hurlers needed a big performance and duly delivered.

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Derry, remember, led Antrim by five points at halftime in round 1, put it up to Westmeath in Mullingar last time out, form much better than Carlow’s who struggled over Kildare and collapsed at home to the Exiles.

But a focused Carlow, play-

ing with real desire, much improved skill levels and delightful team-work, hurled the rattled Ulster side off the field, full value for the whopping 22 point victory.

Many in the small Netwatch Cullen Park attendance may have whispered a ‘not again’

when Derry pointed inside 30 seconds of the throw-in but a necklace of Denis Murphy points from placed balls and a lovely Marty Kavanagh minor from play settled the home side who proceeded to dominate the first half proceedings, retiring at the break with

one in either half.

Apart from a huge increase in passion and desire which meant every ball was battled for with intensity another reason for the Carlow improvement was the return of James Doyle of St Mullins, who fresh from his Fitzgibbon Cup exploits with IT Carlow, put in a hugely influential ‘hour’ in the middle of the field.

The Carlow backs, having been carved open by London, adopted a stubborn ‘thou shalt not pass’ approach on this occasion with Michael ‘Dewy’ Ryan and David English extremely solid in the central roles while left wing back James O’Hara rifled over a fantastic long range point.

a 1-13 to 0-5 and one man advantage.

The Carlow goal came from the stick of Denis Murphy in the 23rd minute, and a well-worked goal it was, a long Conor Lawlor delivery from beneath the shadow of the stand gathered by Seanie Whelan who took on the defence, cutting in from the right on daring solo-run, riding a couple of tackles, before finding the scorer with a perfectly timed hand-pass.

Derry had a man sent off shortly before the break and were to lose two more to red cards on the change-over, the third a filthy pull on Marty Kavanagh as he went up to gather a high ball but, luckily, no bone was broken an ‘Mouse’ should be ok for next Sunday’s vital game v Antrim in Ballycastle.

The St Mullins sharpshooter hurled a fine game, registering a fistful of points, all from play, all of the highest quality too while his older brother Jack also got in on the scoring act, a glorious long range point from play supplemented by a 54th minute goal when, having availed of an astute Seamus Murphy pass, Jack left a low left hand shot in the dressing room end rigging.

That green flag was the elder Kavanagh’s first in 55 competitive outings with Carlow’s flagship hurling team, adding to his 41 points.

Another man to add considerably to his inter-county tally was Denis Murphy who racked up a huge personal tally of 1-11, 1-2 from play, the white flags magical scores from the left wing side-lines,

Carlow: Jack Barron (Erin’s Own); Ger Coady (St Mullins), Michael Ryan (Ballinkillen), Michael Malone (Mount Leinster Rangers); Diarmuid Byrne (Mount Leinster Rangers), David English (Ballinkillen), James O’Hara (Naomh Eoin) 0-1; James Doyle (St Mullins) 0-2, Jack Kavanagh (St Mullins) 1-1; Conor Lawlor (Carlow Town), Marty Kavanagh (St Mullins) 0-5, Kevin McDonald (St Mullins) 0-1; Seanie Whelan (Ballinkillen) 0-1, Seamus Murphy (St Mullins) 0-2, Denis Murphy (Mount Leinster Rangers) 1-11 0-9f. Subs: Seanie Murphy (Ballinkillen) for Whelan (47), James Doyle (Erin’s Own) for McDonald (54), Ronan Nolan (Erin’s Own) for D Byrne (60), Richard Kelly (Mount Leinster Rangers) 0-1 for M Kavanagh (62).

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