In excellent conditions in Freshford on Sunday Wicklow footballers fresh from their O’Byrne Cup ties and driven by a scoring avereage League Table System ran out easy winners over the home side. The grounds overlooked by Graces, Kyle and Ballylarkin Hills saw Kilkenny in their first competitive outing finish the first half in a flourish when Robert Shore pointed and James Culleton added a goal to leave the score 2-9 to 1-1. Just as referee Niall Ward was to call the break Wicklow added the killer blow with a third goal. The sides were Kilkenny: J.J. O’Sullivan, Declan Grennan, J.J. Dunphy, J.J. Grace, Darren Fitzpatrick, Richard O’Hara, John Cullihane, Michael Malone Bill Kehoe, Peter McBride, Brian Byrne, Stephen Duggan, Joe Dollard, James Culleton, Robert Shore. Subs used Joe Fennelly, Kieran Bergin, Paul Donnelly Ray O’Keeffe, James Sherwood, Panel Members David Garvey,Cian Tyler, Anthony Holden, Kevin O’Brien,.
Wicklow: John Flynn, Ciaran Hyland, Niall Gaffney, Dean Healy, Barry Murphy, Rory Finn, Alan Byrne, James Stafford, Peadar Burke, Nicky Mernagh, Austion O’Malley, Joey Kelly, Daragh O’Sullivan, Seanie Furlong, Leighton Glynn. Subs Used: Cathal Rossiter,Adam Merriman, Tony Hannon, Paul Cronin, Marc Dyle, Panel Members Stephen Mann. Paddy Cronin, Anthony McLough, Billy Cullen, Stephen Kelly, Darren Hayden,
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Wicklow too strong in Football League Tie in Freshford
