Ruairí Canavan's last-gasp winning point secured Errigal Ciarán a dramatic victory over Clann Éireann in the Ulster championship semi-final. The Canavan brothers were instrumental in the win, with Darragh causing havoc in midfield and Ruairí scoring crucial points.
Ruairí Canavan produced a masterclass of kicking as Errigal Ciarán edged out a thrilling Ulster championship semi-final victory over Clann Éireann . Canavan, with his brother Darragh causing havoc through the middle, guided his team to a 0-15 to 1-11 win in a match that went down to the wire. Within five minutes of an early Clann Éireann goal, Errigal Ciarán had wiped out their lead to get back level and in the 48th minute Ruairí popped over a free to edge his side in front.
All the momentum appeared to be with Errigal Ciarán. But credit to 14-man Clann Éireann, they refused to buckle. Dan McCarthy got on the end of a move to bring the Armagh side level again soon after and the teams remained tied until the last minute of normal time when Ruairí sold a lovely dummy to buy some space before clipping over a leading score, 0-13 to 1-9. Yet again though Clann Éireann refused to go away. In the first minute of injury-time Conor Turbitt picked out sub Rioghan Meehan, who kicked over an equalising point. With the seconds ticking away most of the 4,894 in attendance were probably anticipating extra-time. But Ruairí Canavan had one last exhibition piece to put on show. After a patient build-up, the ball eventually made its way to Canavan out wide on the left. If anything, the angle suited cutting inside and kicking off the right, but Canavan instead curled it over with his left, splitting the posts. “He was superb today and all credit to him because there have been times this season where it has been tough and he has shown huge character,” said Errigal Ciarán manager Enda McGinley. “On various days we’ve had various people standing up and taking critical scores when maybe Ruairí and Darragh weren’t as prominent, but I thought the two of them were absolutely superb today. “Quite a few frees scored by Ruairí I’d say would have been on Darragh. He took a hell of a lot of punishment today.” That he did. If Ruairí was popping over the scores, then Darragh was the man popping out to space to win ball and terrorise the Clann Éireann defence. Time and time again the only way they could stop Darragh was to drag him down. And yet it would be wrong to assume this was merely the Canavan show.
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