Comer and Burke lead Annaghdown demolition job on An Cheathrú Rua

Annaghdown 1-20

An Cheathrú Rua  1-6

Gerard Mulreaney at Pearse Stadium

ANNAGHDOWN showed their championship potential with a thoroughly comprehensive victory over An Cheathrú Rua at Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

The winners controlled the game from the outset, with Damien Comer and Frankie Burke setting the tempo. They were outstanding from start to finish, in a game that was all but over by half-time.

Conor Maloney opened the scoring for Annaghdown after a Ryan Forde pass found him in space following a quick free after the throw-in.

Some neat passing between Johnny Creaven and Frankie Burke allowed corner-back Adam Quirke to extend their lead before they scored a wonderful goal after just five minutes. Enda Mullarkey drilled an excellent pass into the path of Forde, he in turn hand passed it to Burke who finished in style.

County star Comer was very much to the fore, scoring six points and assisting many others on a day when they weren’t unduly troubled by their opponents.

Mullarkey added to the scoreline when he drove straight at the An Cheathrú Rua defence to score, while Burke scored with a free and Forde from play to give Annaghdown a 1-5 to no score advantage inside the opening ten minutes.

An Cheathrú Rua finally got on the scoreboard on 12 minutes when Óisín O Gríofa scored an excellent point after he was set up by Gearóid O Cualáin.

Annaghdown were afforded lots of time and space on the ball, An Cheathrú Rua dropping deep into their own half-back line, but with the guile of Comer and Burke they ended up finding gaps.

Comer extended their advantage following sustained pressure on the An Cheathrú Rua defence to leave the score 1-6 to 0-1 at the water-break.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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