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Ring, Rackard, and Meagher Cups round-up

Denis Murphy is an influential figure for Carlow, who advanced in the Christy Ring Cup.

Denis Murphy is an influential figure for Carlow, who advanced in the Christy Ring Cup.

***Saturday May 6 ***

Christy Ring Cup Quarter-Final

CARLOW 1-24 KILDARE 0-15

Sunday May 7

DOWN 2-19 LONDON 0-19

**​The draw for the Christy Ring Cup Semi-Finals will be made on Monday May 8. Wicklow and Antrim will be in one pot and Carlow and Down in the other.

Saturday May 6

Nicky Rackard Cup Quarter-Finals

ARMAGH 4-20 LONGFORD 0-12

MONAGHAN 1-16 DONEGAL 1-12

Lory Meagher Cup Round 3

LEITRIM 1-12 LANCASHIRE 0-14

SLIGO 1-20 CAVAN 0-9

WARWICKSHIRE 6-16 FERMANAGH 3-9


CHRISTY RING CUP

Two first half Eoghan Sands goals were the key scores for Down, who defeated London at Pairc na hEireann in Birmingham. 

Down led at the break by 2-10 to 0-14 following a well contested first half.

After the restart London remained in contention, but Down finished strongly with Conor O'Prey landing a delightful point in the closing stages.

Carlow are through to the Christy Ring Cup semi-finals after they saw off a depleted Kildare side in Newbridge.

The teams traded points throughout the opening 20 minutes, but Carlow took over between then and the end of the first half, outscoring the hosts by 0-9 to 0-2 in a purple patch to lead by double scores at 0-14 to 0-7.

Denis Murphy continued to rack up the points from frees after the restart for Carlow, who looked home and dry when Kildare had Conor Gordon sent off on a second booking with half an hour remaining.

Paul Divilly, Michael Purcell and Jack Sheridan led a valiant Kildare response as they closed the gap to three points, but Carlow finished the half with a flourish once again; hitting 1-7 of the last 1-9. Murphy, took his tally into double figures, while Paul Coady and Marty Kavanagh were also on target, before James Doyle scored the only goal in added time to make the final score 1-24 to 0-15.

Kildare missed out on a fifth consecutive semi-final appearance on a day when they were weakened by the absence of David and Michael Reidy, John Mulhall, and Mark Delaney.

NICKY RACKARD CUP

Monaghan and Armagh join Derry and Tyrone in the Nicky Rackard Cup last four after Saturday’s quarter-finals.

Monaghan had been knocked out of the running in four consecutive years by Donegal, but they turned the tables on their Ulster rivals in Inniskeen.

Donegal started brightly, with Gerard Gilmore finding the net early on, but they were wasteful in front of the posts in the opening stages. The visitors did move five points up by the hour mark, only for Monaghan to hit the last four scores of the half to trail by just one at 0-7 to 1-5.

Monaghan continued to take the game to their opponents after the restart, with Mark Treanor, Éanna Mac Suibhne and Brian McGuigan to the fore and Fergal Rafter on form from frees on his way to a tally of 0-10.

Lee Henderson converted six frees for Donegal, but Davin Flynn (who had hit 3-16 in his previous three games) was restricted to just one point. Monaghan went six clear inside the final 10 minutes via a Tadhg Campbell goal and although Declan Coulter hit a late hat-trick of points, Donegal went out on a 1-16 to 1-12 scoreline. Donegal had beaten Armagh after winning the Allianz Hurling League Division 3A title, but they miss out on what would have been a seventh successive Rackard Cup semi-final.

Carlow manager Colm Bonnar.

Carlow manager Colm Bonnar.

Armagh progressed via a comprehensive win over Longford in Crossmaglen.

Armagh had nine scorers, with David Carvill and Connor Corvan hitting 1-7 apiece, as they cruised through to within touching distance of a third final in a row. The two-time winners were 2-12 to 0-3 clear at the end of a one-sided first half, with Fiachra Bradley and Carvill grabbing the goals.

Longford, for whom Cathal Mullane joined Paddy Farrington on the sidelines, were improved in the second half, with Paddy Walsh hitting some nice points, but they could never launch any sort of comeback. Ryan Gaffney and Corvan added goals numbers three and four for Armagh, who ended up 4-20 to 0-12 to the good.

Favourites Derry will host Monaghan in two weeks’ time, while Armagh will travel to Tyrone.

LORY MEAGHER CUP

Warwickshire continue to lead the way in the Lory Meagher Cup after they claimed a third win from three games against Fermanagh in Enniskillen.

Liam Watson was in inspirational form for Warwickshire with a personal haul of 3-9. The former Antrim star hit two first-half goals and didn’t need long after the restart to complete his hat-trick. Seán Corrigan and JP McGarry kept Fermanagh in touch, with the hosts trailing by just two points going into the last 12 minutes, only for the Exiles to blow them away in the closing stages to eventually run out convincing winners on a 6-16 to 3-9 scoreline.

Sligo and Leitrim share second place after defeating Cavan and Lancashire respectively. Sligo extended Cavan’s wait for a first win since their return to the senior inter-county scene with a dominant performance away from home. Keith Raymond missed out for Sligo, but Cormac Behan and Joe McHugh impressed, with the former scoring double-figures from the placed ball and the latter notching 1-4 from play.

Sligo were 1-10 to 0-7 to the good at half-time and they never looked back in a second half that produced three red cards in a fiery five-minute spell. Sligo had Tommy Kelly sent off, but that came in between the dismissals of Seán Keating and Anthony Sheridan that left Cavan reduced to 13 men. Cavan were already without Diarmuid Cahill and despite the best efforts of the likes of Kevin Conneely, there was no way into contention for them.

Leitrim earned a second win in the space of a week when they edged out Lancashire in Carrick-on-Shannon. The sides were level at 0-7 apiece at half-time, but Leitrim finished on the right side of a 1-12 to 0-14 result to sit in a share of second place with two rounds of group games to go.