BBSE 1 18      Cuala 0 08

Gizmo reports from 2nd round championship action . 

Photos from Miriam Christie

Competition for starting berths is at fever pitch. Therefore, the first 15 were anxious to repay the faith shown in them, by throwing out more markers then the R&D department in the Crayola factory. “They’re in for some back lash after the hammering they gave Cuala in the league.” remarked the dogs in the street, just before the throw-in.

After a short period of “Timbering the Be-Jaypers” out of each other, Cuala drew first blood with a hard-worked point. Boden settled quickly with scores from John McGuire, Darragh Kenny & Pierce Christie. But Cuala responded another glorious point of their own. This had all the hallmarks of a back street dogfight with the winner being the first to go for the jugular. (That’s probably the wrong analogy to use in a family newsletter but you get my drift…..)

And go for it they did. “Someone is going to get the line”, muttered a dishevelled looking Tony Hassett as both teams bet lumps out of each other. To be honest, if the standard of shooting was as good as the standard of fouling there might have been more that 3 points in it at the break, as Boden led 8 points to 5 at the interval.

“The half time bollocking gave a great platform for the team”, said a jubilant Johnny Kenny after finding €10 in the car park. He went on to say that, “with the price of drink nowadays, that will get me a couple of pints from Mick, happy days.”

The introduction of fresh legs combined with a number of positional changes and queue Boden’s 2nd half dominance. Our central diamond (there’s a new GAA term) of Behan, Codd, McGuire and Christie sliced through the Cuala defence like an over eager pathologist on their first paying job. Drawing fouls out of an increasingly frustrated Cuala, McDonnells dead ball accuracy kept the score board ticking over. In truth, the forwards glory was built on the hard graft of the back 7 (that’s the back 6 plus the colossus that is Jack Lambert in goal). Not an inch was conceded as Cuala only managed 3 points for the final 30 minutes!!!!

When commenting after the game, mentor Brendan Ryan said, “I heard that Johnny (Kenny) found a tenner in the car park, he better go split-zeys with me on that.” When pushed for comment about the match, he replied, “Once we got on top, Cuala showed all the balance and poise of an inner ear infection.”

And so it was, a stunning solo effort from Codd raised the green flag and sealed a comprehensive victory, along with a quarter final berth, with one game left against Vincent’s in two weeks’ time. As a Reward / Punishment (delete as you see appropriate) the management brought the lads for a sea swim in Bray along with a couple of vegetable smoothies from The Happy Pear. Will someone ring Childline quickly.

Final Score: BBSE 1-18 Cuala 0-8

The team: Jack Lambert, Luke Mulligan Lynch, Conor Lowe, Sean O’Donnell,  Malachy Codd (1-3), Joe Maguire, Cillian Wall, Pierce Christie (0-2), John McGuire (0-1), Darragh Kenny (0-2), Fergal Ryan (0-2 x F) , Eoin Behan (0-2), Cian Corcoran, Cian  Hassett, Ryan O’Dwyer (0-1), Daire Sweeney, Harry Donaghy, Rhys McDonnell (0-5 x F), David Monahan, Peter Gannon, Rian Power, David Keogh, Enda Cashman

Photos by Miriam Christie

Posted by BodenGAA on Monday, September 16, 2019