Thanks to the traffic for the Leinster URC match it took me a good bit longer to got to this match, from Blackrock RFC, than expected. As I arrived Glenanne were 1 – 0 up thanks to a goal from Shane O’Donoghue and they scored their second from captain Brad Venter just as I was taking my place behind the goal line. The game was 20 minutes in.
From what I could make of it, from my inexperienced eye, the game actually looked pretty even and was starting to get a bit spikey with six cards handed out throughout the match, 2 green and 1 yellow to each side.
A rousing half time team talk set up Pembroke for a strong start to the second half with captain Julian Dale leading the charge. A powerful run from the halfway line by Dale saw him slide home Pembroke’s first to take the score to 1 – 2 on the 42nd minute and 8 minutes later Dale’s strike from a penalty corner made it’s way to Scott Sullivan who guided it onto the net to tie the game at 2 – 2.
Parity didn’t last long as Glenanne immediately forced a penalty corner for O’Donoghue to net, for his second of the game, giving Glenanne a 2 – 3 lead going into the final quarter.
The game was wrapped up in the final quarter with the brief reemergence of Glenanne’s Shannon Boucher, the vocal bane of the officials, doing his talking with his stick this time to send a reverse shot home for a 2 – 4 win for Glenanne.
Gallery Below
Current Standings Week 3 EYHL Men
| TEAM | P | W | D | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenanne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Monkstown | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Three Rock Rovers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Lisnagarvey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Banbridge | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Corinthian | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| YMCA | 3 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Annadale | 3 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| Pembroke Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 |
| UCD | 3 | 0 | 0 | -8 | 0 |
