THE Galway Schoolboy League struck late to stun holders Kerry 2-1 in their SFAI Kennedy Cup quarter-final clash played at the University of Limerick on Wednesday. Galway trailed their opponents 1-0 at half-time after Sean McGrath put the Kerry side in front on 12 minutes. However, Charlie Concannon equalised for unbeaten Galway seven minutes into the second half.
Then, as the game ticked close to full-time, Luke Prendergast popped up with a precious winner for Galway to earn the Connacht side a semi-final showdown with Cork. Cork, who scored 11 goals and conceded just one in the group phase, secured their semi-final spot with a comfortable 2-0 victory over the SDFL. The Leesiders hit the front on 20 minutes with the in-form Robert Geaney-O’Brien firing home. Cork added a second goal through Ronan O’Brien five minutes later to close out victory.
Thursday’s opening semi-final in the SFAI Kennedy Cup will be an all-Dublin affair as the DDSL take on the NDSL. The DDSL, yet to concede a goal in the competition, recorded a hard fought 1-0 victory over 2015 beaten semi-finalists, the Limerick Desmond Schoolboy League. The game’s only goal arrived just before half time courtesy of the DDSL’s Dylan Duffy.
2011 Cup winners the NDSL defeated the Wexford League 3-0 to book their place in the last four. The NDSL goals were scored by Dennis Robu, two, and Darragh Curtin.
SFAI Kennedy Cup 2016 Day 3 Results:
Trophy quarter-finals:
NEC 2-4 Drogheda; WWEC 1-2 Dundalk; Limerick District 2-1 Carlow; Limerick County 3-5 Inishowen
Shield quarter-finals:
Roscommon 0-3 Mayo; North Tipperary 0-2 Clare; Longford 1-0 Wicklow; South Tipp 0-0 Sligo/Leitrim (South Tipp win 4-2 on pens)
Bowl quarter-finals:
Athlone 0-2 Midlands; Cavan/Monaghan 2-2 West Cork (West Cork win 5-4 on pens); Kildare 1-0 Waterford; Donegal 0-1 Kilkenny
SFAI Kennedy Cup quarter-finals:
Limerick Desmond 0-1 DDSL; Wexford 0-3 NDSL; Galway 2-1 Kerry; Cork 2-0 SDFL
More details available here: http://www.sfai.ie/index.php/kennedy-cup.
