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LIDL IRELAND LADIES NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
QUARTER-FINAL
STRONG: Mayo’s Grace Kelly in action against Monaghan’s Josie Fitz- patrick in their Ladies
NFL clash at Swinford Amenity Park.
Photo: Eoin Noonan/SPORTSFILE
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Rowe gives stunning personal display
Mayo .................6-11 SMonaghan .........3-11
By RONAN O’NEILL Media West Ireland
But Monaghan kept their heads and there was a sensational ending to the game when Muireann Atkinson found the net twice for the visitors.
However Mayo used all of their experi- ence to close out the game and advance to the knockout stages in style.
ArAH rowe scored an amazing 3-4 for Mayo as they advanced to the final four in the Ladies national Foot-
SCORERS – Mayo: S Rowe 3-4 (1pen, 4f), N Kelly 1-1, G Kelly 0-3 (2f), S Mulvihill 1-0, R Waldron 1-0, S Cafferky, F Doherty and O Conlon 0-1 each. Monaghan: M Atkinson 2-0, C Courtney 1-2 (1f), E McCarron 0-4 (4f), R Courtney 0-2, C McAnespie 0-2, S Coyle 0-1.
MAYO: S Murphy; R Flynn, S Tierney, S Ludeden; D Caldwell, O Conlon, D Hughes; C McManamon, T O’Connor; F Mchale, F Doherty, S Cafferky; N Kelly, S Rowe, G Kelly. Subs: S Larkin for Flynn (H/T), R Waldron for O’Connor (39), S Howley for Doherty (39), K Sullivan for Caldwell (41), S. Mulvihill for Ludden (45), N Moran for Conlon (54), A Dowling for G Kelly (55).
MONAGHAN: L Martin; R McKenna, H Kingham, J Fitzpatrick; A McAnespie, S Courtney, S Coyle; C Courtney, M Aithinson; E McAnespie, G McKenna, C McDermott; R Courtney, E McCarron, C McAnespie. Subs: E Corrigan for McKenna (33), F Courtney for McDermott (36), B Ward for McKenna (41), A McAne- spie for Martin (45), T Scott for Ward (54).
ball League with a brilliant nine-point win over Monaghan in high-scoring
encounter at Swinford.
The teams shared nine goals and
22 points between them but it was the devastating form of the Mayo
inside forward line that made the difference once again here.
rowe, niamh Kelly and Grace Kelly accounted for a
brilliant 4-8, with Mayo marching onto a semi-final
meeting against Cork.
it was a great first half of
football and Mayo held a 3- 5 to 1-5 lead at half-time. By that stage rowe had
already registered two goals, while niamh Kelly
also found the back of the Monaghan net.
REFEREE: Maggie Farrelly (Cavan).
The hosts should have been out of
defence were at panic
Monaghan forwards
They women from
Ulster may have
trailed by six at half-
time but once Ciara Court-
ney’s goal came on the half-hour it meant they were still in touch at the break.
Ciara McAnespie was another player in devastating form, and Mayo were desper- ate to keep those two quiet after half-time, to give themselves a safer passage through.
sight as a result, but up the other end the Mayo
stations, and the
scored at will too.
rowe scored her hat-trick after half-time, and her third goal came after just four minutes of the second half when she converted a penalty.