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Tuesday, May 6th
U16 Cork Colleges Final
St.
Colman's College
6 - 9
Blackwater Community School 3 - 9
The St. Colman's College U16
Hurling team claimed victory over Blackwater Community School in Ballynoe.
Wednesday, 23rd April, 2008
U16½ Munster Football Final in
Mitchelstown
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Friday 11th April 2008
St Colman’s 1-8
St Flannan’s 1-7
Our U15 hurlers had a great win over
St. Flannan's on Friday last, when a last minute goal by Colm Ahern
ensured victory. It was an exciting ending that could have
seen St. Flannan's take the title but scores from Patrick Roche,
Colm Ahern and Eoin Maye made sure that the White Cup would be going
home to Fermoy.
Scorers — St Colman’s: C Ahern (1-1), P
Roche (0-6, 0-2 frees), E O’Maigh (0-1).
ST COLMAN’S: E Barry, M Brennan, T Condon, P Blackburn, P de Roiste,
N Byrne, E O’Maigh, J Mullins, M Pyne, P Roche, C O’Leary, D Lawlor,
N McNamara,
C Ahern, D Cronin. Sub: R
O’Connor for Cronin.
Colman's students
shine in Cross Country
St Colman’s College
student Sean Finn from Ballindangan took victory in the 1500 metres
junior at the 2006 South Munster Schools Cross Country Championships
in Carrignavar. Darren Tobin from Leamlara took second place and
very creditable performances were given by the other 15 pupils to
participate.
Draw for St Colman’s
in Harty Quarter Final
St Colman’s College
0-13 v Nenagh 2-7
The St Colman’s senior hurling team
travelled to New Inn on Wednesday 25th January for the
Quarter Final of the Dr Harty Cup. The opposition was Nenagh. Weather
conditions were very good, however the pitch was in very in bad
condition as it was soft full of divot holes. This made hurling very
difficult for both teams.
The game was a close tough contest
from the start. St Colman’s had a lead of four points to two at the
end of the first ten minutes. A missed free straight in front of the
Colman’s goal led to a soft goal. The Nenagh boys now raised their
game and a well taken goal came for them just before half time. They
now led by 2-3 to 0-7 at the break.
Nenagh opened the scoring in the
second half and Adrian Mannix followed with a point from a free. At
the end of ten minutes Nenagh had increased their lead to four points.
Adrian Mannix pulled back three
points, two from frees. Going into the final minutes of the game only
two points separated the sides. St Colman’s now had all the play but
chance after chance was wasted as our lads tried to score a goal. In
the twenty ninth minute an Adrian Mannix point from a free brought us
within a point of Nenagh. The last puck of the game, a free, was put
over the bar by Mannix and so St Colman’s got another chance.
St Colman’s were lucky to get the
draw in the end. They played very badly in the first half and while
they did much better in the second half they still wasted a lot of
chances. The replay is on this Wednesday at Claughán in Limerick. To
win here St Colman’s will have play much better.
Scorers: Adrian
Mannix 0-10, Eoin Barry 0-2, S, Mark O’Callaghan (0-1)
Team
J Condon (Fermoy), Jeremiah Ahern (Kildorrery),
Don O’Connell (Fermoy), Shane Howard (Ballyhooley). James O’Sullivan
(Fermoy), Kenneth Kearney (Tallow), Liam Coleman (Fermoy), Shane
Cotter (St Catherine’s), Ronan O’Callaghan (Watergrasshill),
Stephen Walsh (Bride Rvs), Eoin Barry (Watergrasshill), Shane Kearney
(Ballyduff), Mark O’Callaghan (Castletownroche), Adrian Mannix (Kilworth),
Fergal Ryan (Fermoy)
Subs used: Leo Sexton (Castlelyons),
James Barry (Watergrasshill), Brian O’Sullivan (Fermoy)
Subs: Colman O’Connell (Castlelyons),
Brendan Hoare (Castlelyons), Liam Forde (Bride Rvs), Alan Baragry
(Fermoy), Michael Collins (Bride Rvs), Luke McCarthy (Tallow), Thomas
Ryan (Tallow), Paul McLoughlin (Fermoy), Aidan Condon (Glanworth),
Nigel Brennock (Fermoy), Kevin Kenny (Castlelyons), Philip Butler
(Bride Rvs), Ricky Fraher (Fermoy), Shane Kearney (Bride Rvs), Barry
Coughlan (Fermoy), Michael Kearney (Bride Rvs), Brian Collins (Bride
Rvs), Anthony Cronin (Watergrasshill). Martin McCarthy (Watergrasshill),
Great win for St
Colman’s U13s in Star First Year Cup
St
Colman’s College, Fermoy 4
Colaiste
Mhuire 3
The St Colman’s U13 soccer team
travelled to Cobh to play Colaiste Mhuire in what proved to be a very
entertaining game. This was St Colman’s second game of the Star
First Year Cup.
Colaiste Mhuire started well and five
minutes into the game their number eight scored from well out the
field. This score seemed to spark the Fermoy boys into action and soon
after matt Condon scored a superb goal by lobbing the goalie from
outside the box.
St Colman’s were now dominating the
game and a great solo effort by Michael Spillane almost resulted in St
Colman’s taking the lead. Just before half time Brian Hogan made a
great save to keep the sides level.
The second half started well for
Colman’s with the midfield and front men making powerful runs at
Coláiste Mhuire’s defence. Our backs, Chris, Nathan, Darragh, and
Pádraig were well in control and handled everything that Colaiste
Mhuire was throwing at them.
The great effort put in by St Colman’s
was rewarded when Michael Pyne headed a Michael Spillane free kick
into the net. Five minutes later a perfectly weighted ball from Brian
Carroll sent Michael Pyne through the opposition defence to score his
second goal of the day.
St Colman’s were now looking to
press home their 3 – 1 advantage but excellent play by the Cobh
number eleven brought them right back into the game and St Colman’s
were now hanging on by a single goal margin.
With only two minutes left the Cobh
number eleven pounced on a loose ball and scored to secure what looked
like a certain draw. However the valiant St Colman’s were not to be
denied victory and within one minute of the final whistle Dean Cronin
popped up in their box to score a fine goal after some great play from
Conor Kearney on the wing.
Great credit is due to both teams for
providing such an entertaining game. Man of the match for St Colman’s
was Darragh O’Carroll.
Panel:
Brian Hogan, Nathan Byrne, Matt
Condon, Darragh O’Carroll, Michael Pyne, Chris Cotter, Pádraig O’Regan,
Michael Spillane, Stephen Ford, Dean Cronin, Bryan Carroll,
Sub used: Conor Kearney.
Subs: Donal McAuliffe, Noel McAuliffe,
Aodhán Tuohy, Tom O’Brien, Reuben Dowling, Junior Shittu, Rory O’Connor,
Brendan O’Mahony, Richard O’Dea, Edward Lonergan.
Successful
Christmas Sports Draw
The
winner of the St Colman's College Christmas Sports draw Michael Boyce
(second left) of Rathcormac with (L to R) : Donal O'Connell (teacher);
Stephen Boyce (seller); Mr John Hickson (Principal of St
Colman's College, Fermoy)
Over the last few weeks before the
Christmas holidays the students of St Colman’s College sold tickets
to raise money for sport in the School. The money raised will help to
improve sport facilities in the school and allow the continued
participation in inter school competitions.
We would like to congratulate and
thank all the students who put in a lot of effort in selling the
tickets. An excellent job was done.
We also thank everyone who supported
the fund raising venture by buying the tickets.
Congratulations to the lucky winners.
The following are the results of the draw.
1st Prize: A Christmas
Hamper: Michael Boyce,
Rathcormac.
Ticket Seller: Stephen Boyce
2nd Prize : €100
Margaret Hanratty, Watergrasshill
Ticket Seller: Eamonn Mulholland
3rd Prize: €50
-N Twomey, Ballynanelagh, Rathcormac
4th Prize: €50
-Johnny Magner, Glanworth
Clear win for St
Colman’s U14 Hurlers.
U14 Cork Colleges
‘A’ Hurling Championship.
St Colman’s 5-7 v
Colaiste Spioraid Naoimh 0-7
The U14 hurling team played Colaiste
Spioraid Naoimh in the Cork Colleges ‘A’ Championship at home on
Tuesday 29th November. The weather was wet and muggy.
The two sides seemed to start on an
equal footing. But as the game progressed St Colman’s began to
dominate play. Three points from Will Condon and a goal each from Sean
Shanahan and James McCarthy gave St Colman’s a good lead at half
time. The score at tat point was 203 to 0-3.
Spioraid Naoimh came out fighting for
the second half. They got a lot of possession but were unable to
capitalise on it. St Colman’s eventually got on top again and three
goals added to their total by Sean Finn and Will O’Donoghue meant
that the result was well and truly settled in favour of the Fermoy
boys. Ronan Fenton and Michael Spillane also scored points.
The St Colman’s team were well
worth the victory being by far the better side.
Team
Alan Barry, Michael Pyne, Darragh O’Carroll,
Tadhg Barry-Murphy, Colm Hynes, Gerald Hogan, Nathan Byrne, Michael
Spillane, Sean Shanahan, James McCarthy, Ronan Fenton, Kieran
Morrison, Bryan Carroll, William Condon, Ross Murphy.
Subs: Stephen Forde, Francis John O’Flynn,
Noel McAuliffe, Sean Geary.
St Colman’s win a
place in Callaghan Cup Final
St Colman’s
College 0-8 v Glanmire CC 0-7
St Colman’s and Glanmire CC
returned to Ballynoe on Monday 29th November to play the semi-final of
the Cork Colleges Senior ‘A’ hurling championship. The pitch was
again in excellent condition. There was a strong wind blowing straight
down the length of the pitch and this favoured the Glanmire team in
the first half.
This was a very keenly contested game
from start to finish. Playing against the wind in the first half St
Colman’s found it difficult to move the ball from puck outs that
were falling short of the 65-metre line into the Glanmire half. Any
attacks that were mounted ended without scoring for most of the first
half. Meanwhile Glanmire were more successful scoring a total of five
points and led by three points at half time.
The Fermoy side played better in the
second half and by the 15th minute had drawn level. Shane
Cotter’s point in the twenty-fourth minute put us in the lead.
Shortly after Glanmire got a point to level the game again going into
injury time. Mark O’Callaghan had the distinction of scoring the
winning point of the game.
In spite of struggling for most of
the game and especially in the first half credit for keeping in touch
and being in a position to win the game must go to the defence who
worked hard to limit the damage during the first twenty eight minutes
of the game.
Overall though the team still has a
lot to do to be real contenders for the Harty title.
Scorers S Cotter 0- 3, u McCarthy
0-2, Mark O’Callaghan 0-1, Brian O’Sullivan 0-1, Shane Kearney
0-1, .
Team
J Condon (Fermoy), Jeremiah Ahern (Kildorrery),
Liam Forde (Bride Rvs), Don O’Connell (Fermoy), James O’Sullivan
(Fermoy), Kenneth Kearney (Tallow), Liam Coleman (Fermoy), Shane
Cotter (St Catherine’s), Leo Sexton (Castlelyons), Luke McCarthy
(Tallow), Eoin Barry (Watergrasshill), James Barry (Watergrasshill),
Brian O’Sullivan (Fermoy), Shane Kearney (Ballyduff), Mark O’Callaghan
(Castletownroche)
Subs used: Adrian Mannix (Kilworth),
Subs: Colman O’Connell (Castlelyons),
Ronan O’Callaghan (Fermoy), Shane Howard (Ballyhooley), Ricky Fraher
(Fermoy), Aidan Condon (Glanworth), Thomas Ryan (Tallow), Alan Baragry
(Fermoy), Anthony Cronin (Watergrasshill). Nigel Brennock (Fermoy),
Shane Kearney (Bride Rvs), Paul McLoughlan (Fermoy), Martin McCarthy (Watergrasshill),
Philip Butler (Bride Rvs), Barry Coughlan (Fermoy), Michael Kearney
(Bride Rvs), Brian Collins (Bride Rvs), Brendan Hoare (Castlelyons),
Stephen Walsh (Bride Rvs), Michael Collins (Bride Rvs), Fergal Ryan
(Fermoy),
St Colman’s win a
Dr. Harty Quarter Final place
St Colman’s
College 2-11 v Glanmire CC 0-9
St Colman’s played Glanmire CC in
this Harty cup game at Ballynoe on Wednesday 23rd November. The pitch
was in excellent condition. There was a very light breeze and this
favoured the Glanmire in the first half.
The first half was a tough encounter
with both sides conceding a lot of frees. Both sets of backs defended
well and scores were hard to come by. St Colman’s led by the
narrowest of margins at half time, 0-5 to 0-4.
Glanmire opened the scoring in the
second half with a point in the fourth minute. A mere two minutes
later St Colman’s were on the attack and Fergal Ryan’s shot at
goal was saved but a vigilant Mark O’Callaghan was on hand to put
the ball to the back of the net. This gave the Fermoy side the edge in
the game, which they held on to and Mark’s second goal ten minutes
from the end made a come back by the Glanmire side very unlikely. The
final margin was eight points.
This win books a place for St Colman’s
in the Quarter final late in January.
The next game will be against Cashel
CS and is fixed for Wednesday 7th December.
Scorers: Mark O’Callaghan 2-2, F
Ryan 0-4, J O’Sullivan 0-3, S Cotter 0-1 and Brian O’Sullivan 0-1.
Team
J Condon (Fermoy), Jeremiah Ahern (Kildorrery),
Don O’Connell (Fermoy), Brendan Hoare (Castlelyons), Stephen Walsh
(Bride Rvs), James O’Sullivan (Fermoy), Shane Howard (Ballyhooley),
Shane Cotter (St Catherine’s), Leo Sexton (Castlelyons), Luke
McCarthy (Tallow), Eoin Barry (Watergrasshill), James Barry (Watergrasshill),
Michael Collins (Bride Rvs), Fergal Ryan (Fermoy), Mark O’Callaghan
(Castletownroche)
Subs used: Brian O’Sullivan
(Fermoy), Shane Kearney (Ballyduff), Ronan O’Callaghan (Fermoy),
Nigel Brennock (Fermoy), Alan Baragry (Fermoy),
Subs: Colman O’Connell (Castlelyons),
Liam Forde (Bride Rvs), Aidan Condon (Glanworth), Adrian Mannix (Kilworth),
Thomas Ryan (Tallow), Ricky Fraher (Fermoy), Shane Kearney (Bride Rvs),
Paul McLoughlan (Fermoy), Martin McCarthy (Watergrasshill), Philip
Butler (Bride Rvs), Barry Coughlan (Fermoy), Michael Kearney (Bride
Rvs), Brian Collins (Bride Rvs), Anthony Cronin (Watergrasshill).
Kenneth Kearney (Tallow).
St Colman’s U13s
lose to Nagle Community College.
St
Colman’s College, Fermoy 3
Nagle
Community College, Mahon. 6
The St Colman’s U13 soccer team
played Nagle C.C., Mahon at home on Monday 14th November.
Just five minutes into the game the Fermoy side was awarded a penalty
but David Pyne filed to find the net, however very shortly afterwards
he struck a superb shot from outfield and this time the ball did end
up in the net. Michael Pyne increased the lead to 2-0 when he scored
with a classy flick from a corner.
Having dominated for most of the
first half St Colman’s found themselves up against a Mahon side that
was beginning to come more into the game as the interval approached.
Their reward was a goal that left the score at 2-1 at half time.
St Colman’s started the second half
well with Stephen Forde and Bryan Carroll linking up well. However
Nagle CC continued the fight back started late in the first half and
were becoming the dominant team. The game was completely turned around
when St Colman’s conceded four goals in the space of ten minutes.
St Colman’s battled on and Stephen
Forde pulled back one to reduce the deficit to 5-3. In spite of trying
very hard they failed to get the 4th and 5th
goals and concede another goal to leave the final score at 3-6.
In spite of the margin the side
battled hard and the result was disappointing. Great credit must go to
Nathan Byrne who put in a man of the match performance.
Panel:
Junior Shittu, Chris Cotter, Nathan
Byrne, Richard O’Dea, Bryan Carroll, Stephen Forde, Noel McAuliffe,
Donal McAuliffe, Michael Pyne, Brian Hogan, Padraig O’Regan, Aodhán
Tuohy, Reuben Dowling, Andrew O’Mahony.
St Colman’s win
second Harty game against North Mon
St Colman’s
College 2-15 v St Flannan’s 0-6
St Colman’s played the second game
of this year’s Harty cup campaign against the North Mon at Ballynoe
on Friday 11th November. The pitch was in excellent
condition. There was a strong wind blowing diagonally across the pitch
and this favoured the Mon in the first half.
While the Mon opened the scoring with
a point from a free in the second minute, St Colman’s dominated play
right through the first half, and it wasn’t until the twenty-seventh
that the City side scored again. The score at half time was 1-8 to
0-2.
On top in every position St Colman’s
went on to increase the lead in the second half and at the end of the
hour had a total of 2-15 to 0-6.
This was great display on the part of
the whole team. Jason Condon was well in control in goals and made a
fine save when the Mon were awarded a penalty. All six defenders were
well on top of their game. Kenneth in the number six jersey and doing
the duty of captain, in the absence of Adrian Mannix, for the game
showed leadership in way he played. Leo Sexton and Shane Cotter at
midfield were again on top as in the game against St Flannan’s. All
six of the forwards and Brian O’Sullivan who came on scored.
The next game will be against
Glanmire Community School and is fixed for Wednesday 23rd
November.
Scorers: F Ryan 0-7, Mark O’Callaghan
1-2, J Barry 1-1, S Kearney 0-1, Eoin Barry 0-1, S, Luke McCarthy 0-1,
Brian O’Sullivan 0-1.
Team
J Condon (Fermoy), Jeremiah Ahern (Kildorrery),
Brendan Hoare (Castlelyons), James O’Sullivan (Fermoy), Kenneth
Kearney (Tallow), Shane Howard (Ballyhooley). Shane Cotter (St
Catherine’s), Leo Sexton (Castlelyons), Luke McCarthy (Tallow), Eoin
Barry (Watergrasshill), Shane Kearney (Ballyduff), James Barry (Watergrasshill),
Fergal Ryan (Fermoy), Mark O’Callaghan (Castletownroche)
Subs used: Brian O’Sullivan
(Fermoy), Aidan Condon (Glanworth), Paul McLoughlan (Fermoy), Martin
McCarthy (Watergrasshill),
Subs: Colman O’Connell (Castlelyons),
Liam Forde (Bride Rvs), Stephen Walsh (Bride Rvs), Michael Collins
(Bride Rvs), Adrian Mannix (Kilworth), Thomas Ryan (Tallow), Ricky
Fraher (Fermoy), Shane Kearney (Bride Rvs), Philip Butler (Bride Rvs),
Barry Coughlan (Fermoy), Michael Kearney (Bride Rvs), Alan Baragry
(Fermoy), Ronan O’Callaghan (Watergrasshill), Brian Collins (Bride
Rvs), Anthony Cronin (Watergrasshill).
St Colman’s
defeat St Flannan’s in first game of Harty
St Colman’s
College 2-15 v St Flannan’s 2-14
Not many gave St Colman’s a chance
of beating St Flannan’s in this encounter which was played in
excellent conditions at Feenagh on Wednesday 12th October.
St Flannan’s were entering the fray with a team that had a large
proportion of last year’s winning side and they were physically the
stronger side.
The Fermoy school got off to a good
start and had a lead of 1-4 to no score at the end of the first
quarter. In the second quarter St Flannan’s began to get into the
action and with five minutes to go in the half had reduced the lead to
two points. At half time the tally was 1-8 to 1-5, an advantage of
three points to St Colman’s.
St Flannan’s opened the scoring in
the second half with a point from a free in the second minute. St
Colman’s answered with a goal within a matter of minutes. By the end
of the third quarter St Colman’s had stretched the lead to eight
points.
St Flannan’s fought back and
secured their second goal very early in the last quarter and followed
with two pointed frees which brought the lead back to a goal.
Defensive errors on the part of Ennis side’s defence gave Adrian
Mannix the opportunity to score three more points from frees. Five
minutes to go and St Colman’s seemed to be in the driving seat.
However the St Flannan’s forwards piled on the pressure and after
putting over four points reduced the Fermoy lead to a minimum when the
final whistle went.
This was an excellent performance
from a Colman’s side which had as many as eleven players playing
their first game at Harty level. Jason Condon in goal had an excellent
game and caught and cleared a lot of ball, his long clearance and puck
outs had an important bearing on the outcome of the game. All six of
the defence played well with Ken Kearney in the centre back position
being very effective.
At mid field the partnership of Shane
Cotter and Leo Sexton worked very well and both played excellent
games. Shane Kearney at wing forward was very much on top of the game
and added three points to the score. Eoin Barry in the centre was
playing a very well but had to leave the field due to injury near the
end of the first half. Luke McCarthy on the right wing also played
well.
Michael Collins and Aidan Condon
starting in the corners did very well. Aidan Condon’s goal early in
the second half was due to his vigilance at the edge of the square. He
tipped a ball that had been saved by the goalkeeper into the net. This
was a very important score.
Adrian Mannix at full forward had
dream game. His free taking was a hundred per cent accurate. His first
touch and control in play was excellent.
This was a great win and St Colman’s
now play the North Mon in their second game of the group stage of the
competition.
Scorers: A Mannix 1-11 (frees 0-5), A
Condon 1-0, S Kearney 0-3, L Sexton 0-1
Team
J Condon (Fermoy), Jeremiah Ahern (Kildorrery),
Liam Forde (Bride Rvs), Brendan Hoare (Castlelyons), Stephen Walsh
(Bride Rvs), Kenneth Kearney (Tallow), Shane Howard (Ballyhooley).
Shane Cotter (St Catherine’s), Leo Sexton (Castlelyons), Luke
McCarthy (Tallow), Eoin Barry (Watergrasshill), Shane Kearney (Ballyduff),
Michael Collins (Bride Rvs), Adrian Mannix (Kilworth), Aidan Condon (Glanwotrh)
Subs used: Thomas Ryan (Tallow),
Subs: James Barry (Watergrasshill),
(Fermoy), James Barry (Watergrasshill),
St Colman’s register first
win of the year in Callaghan Cup
St Colman’s 2 – 17 v Colaiste
Chriost Rí 2 – 10
St Colman’s had the first
Championship game of the year on Wednesday 21st Sept. This
game was against Col Chriost Rí in the Cork Colleges Senior ‘A’
hurling championship for the Dr O’Callaghan Cup. It was played at
Watergrasshill in good conditions.
From the throw in this was a tough
closely contested game. Very early in the game St Colman’s conceded a
goal. During the first twenty minutes we only managed to score only one
point from play, Shane Kearney being the scorer here. However the free
taking accuracy of Adrian Mannix gave us a lead of five points to one
goal.
The Chriost Rí players contested every
ball and in spite of sending the ball wide ten times in the course of
the first period had a lead of one point at half time, 0-8 to 1-6.
For the first ten minutes of the second
half the sides exchanged points and in the eleventh minute Adrian Mannix
put St Colman’s into the lead with a well taken point. The Fermoy side
went on to dominate play and never lost the lead after this. The final
margin was seven points.
The St Colman’s defence was very
effective with Liam Forde and Jeremiah Aherne playing very well. Ken
Kearney did very well as centre back. Shane cotter and Leo Sexton
dominated at centre field. Eoin Barry did well at centre forward, as did
James Barry and Shane Kearney on the wings. Michael Collins in the
corner took his chances. A score of 1-12, 1-6 of which were from frees,
by Adrian Mannix tells its own story. Overall aver good performance by
the whole team. Well done.
Panel
J Condon (Fermoy, P McLoughlan
(Fermoy), L Forde (Bride Rvs), J Aherne (Kildorrery), S Walsh (Bride Rvs),
Ken Kearney (Cois Bríde, Tallow), S Howard (Ballyhooley), S Cotter (St
Catherine’s), Leo Sexton (Castlelyons), James Barry (Watergrasshill),
Eoin Barry (Watergrasshill), S Kearney (Ballyduff Upper), Ml Collins
(Bride Rvs), A Mannix (Kilworth), L McCarthy, (Cois Bríde, Tallow),
Subs Used:
B Hoare (Castlelyons), A Condon (Glanworth),
S Kearney (Bride Rvs).
Subs:
M O’Callaghan (Castletownroche),
P Butler (Bride Rvs), K Kenny (Castlelyons), Ml Kearney (Bride Rvs),
D Murphy (Fermoy), B Coughlan (Fermoy), David Aherne (Kildorrery), T
Ryan (Cois Bríde), Martin McCarthy (Watergrasshill), Brian Collins
(Bride Rvs)
Scorers:
A Mannix (1-12), M
Collins (1-2), S Kearney (Ballyduff) 0-2, E Barry 0-2.
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