Thomastown gained promotion from intermediate ranks last season
In his acceptance speech saptain Jay Burke said for all of his team-mates and fellow panellists in the many years to come, “2024 would always be blue”.
John Donnelly, coming off his best season at inter-county, was the early difference, scoring the first point and going on to bag four by half-time, as well as a sublime assist for cousin, Stephen Donnelly to score the team’s fifth point and leave them 0-5 to 0-1 ahead at the end of the first quarter.
Bad as the conditions were, the champions’ attempts to master them were thoroughly unconvincing. Mikey Butler, another All Star in the champions’ defence – whose smart intervention in the 12th minute had cut out early danger – uncharacteristically coughed up a ball for Stephen Donnelly to fire over a point for 0-11 to 0-4.
Goalkeeper, Paul Barron who was an understudy to injured regular Diarmuid Galway, was a model of composure behind an aggressive and dominant defence where Zach Bay Hammond’s athleticism and physicality set the tone.
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