St Mogue's come up short in Ward Cup final

Ward Cup final

Colaiste Ailigh 2-7

St Mogue’s 1-8

Oran Pryce at Garvaghey

St Mogue’s came up short in the Ward Cup final yesterday against Coláiste Ailigh from Donegal.

Despite playing with the wind in the first half, the Bawnboy school went in at half-time trailing by three points, 2-2 to 0-5.

A flurry of early scores in the second half saw the Donegal side open a seven-point lead and although St Mogue’s cut the gap, with Seamus O’Reilly prominent and Dylan Edwards bagging a brilliant individual goal, the Cavan boys couldn’t overhaul the eventual winners.

Two excellent points from play from Edwards and a left-footed O’Reilly effort made it 0-3 to 0-1 after 18 minutes but two breakaway goals (one a penalty) for Coláiste Ailigh saw them move five clear.

Mark Fahy and Luke McCaffrey both registered to leave three in it at half-time.

St Mogue’s struggled to retain possession against the wind, with O’Reilly (two) and McCaffrey on the mark.

But Coláiste Ailigh made the wind count and ran out narrow but deserving winners.

See next week’s print edition for full report.