Fossa: 1-10  Na Gaeil: 2-07 

Na Gaeil entertained Fossa in Round 1 of the Division 3 County League in Killeen on Sunday afternoon last.  Fossa opted to play with the aid of a strong breeze in the opening half, but it was Na Gaeil who got off to the better start, scoring the first two points through Seán Herlihy and Mike Griffin. However, Fossa quickly found their rhythm with Tadhg O’Shea scoring two and the newly wed Fintan Coffey scoring one. Then Donal O’ Sullivan had the ball in the net for Fossa to leave the score Fossa : 1-03; Na Gaeil: 0-02 after twelve minutes. Donal O’Sullivan and Mike Griffin exchanged points, before Fintan Coffey put over two more for Fossa. Seamie O’Neill scored for Na Gaeil on 25 minutes, followed by a good point from Fossa’s no. 7 Dara O’Keeffe. Na Gaeil’s Diarmuid Herlihy scored the last point of the half.   Half time score Fossa 1-07 Na Gaeil 0-05.

Na Gaeil now had the breeze at their backs for the second half and scored early from the boot of Ian McCarthy.   Fossa replied with a good point on 13 minutes from their midfielder Matt Rennie.  On 18 minutes, Na Gaeil got a crucial score, when midfielder Stefan Okunbor cut through Fossa’s defence to score a great goal and this reduced the deficit to two points. Diarmuid Herlihy put one over for Na Gaeil, to leave the minimum between the sides. However, the Fossa players composed themselves with Mike O’Shea and Darragh Rice scoring two nice points to put them three in front with six minutes left, but  Na Gaeil never gave up.  Ian McCarthy floated a ball into the square, which was fielded by Dan O’Connor. As he turned to shoot he was upended in the square.  Ian McCarthy coolly dispatched the resultant penalty to tie the game on 28 minutes.  Both sides had chances to win the game, but failed to do so.  Final score Fossa: 1-10; Na Gaeil: 2-07; a draw.

Na Gaeil: Timmy Culloty, Colm Lyons, Kieran Dineen, Dylan Brazil, Rob Murphy, Eoin Doody Kieran Donovan, Dan O’Connor, Stefan Okunbor(1-0), Seamie O’Neill(0-1), Ian McCarthy(1-01, Seán Herlihy(0-01), Mike Griffin(0-02), Jamie Lowham, Diarmaid Herlihy(0-02). Subs: Dave Culloty for Eoin Doody; Eoin Walsh for Seán Herlihy; Jack Carmody for Jamie Lowham; Cian Quirke for Rob Murphy.

Fossa: Colm Myers, Colm Walsh, Anthony Wharton, Damien Dennehy, Dara Rice(0-01), Shane Malone, Dara O’Keeffe(0-01), Matt Rennie(0-01), Mark Dennehy, Dan O’Connell, Lorcan Daly, Kevin McCarthy, Tadhg O’Shea(0-03), Fintan Coffey(0-03), Donald O’Sullivan(1-0). Subs: Mike O’Shea(0-01) for Fintan Coffey; Mike O’Keeffe for Dan O’Connell; Denny O’Sullivan for Dara O’Keeffe.