A great game of hurling tonight in Bredagh on their 4G pitch.
Despite struggling to field, our injured players pulled on jerseys and got stuck into this physical encounter.
Bredagh raced into and Early lead and where 1-5 up before Ballyvarley got on the score sheet with a point, before Matthew Malone took a quick 30m free and rifled it into the Bredagh net and added a further 3 points.
Despite a splattering of yellow cards the backs gradually began to get on top and a fantastic display by Dualtach Fionnbhairr along with the other backs gradually pulled them back into the game.
The first half finished with a score line of 1-11 to 2-5.
As the second half developed another free saw Matthew Malone rifle the net again from 30metres and Rory Og followed this up with another cracking goal from a similar position. The large pitch and injured players along with a splattering of Bredagh changes of fresh players saw Bredagh take a grip in the middle of the second half before a strong finish from Ballyvarley.
This was a real gritty display against a strong Bredagh side with every player giving all they had For the full 60 minutes, with just 12 players it was tough going.
Team and Scorers
Thomas Lennon, Aidan McLean, Dualtach Mag Fionnbhairr, Charlie Lennon 0-1, Ory McLean, Rory Og Fionnbhairr 1-01, Hugh Teague 0-2, Nial McGeown, Bryan Rice, Connor Quinn, Matthew Malone 2-6 Sean McClure