FAI Schools John Murphy Senior ‘B’ National Cup Semi Final (Under 19, Small Schools)
Saturday, January 27, 2024
St. Peter’s CS, Passage West 6-1 Ard Scoil Chiaráin Naofa, Clara
Farrell (18) Mbakowe (20, 21, 35) O’Callaghan (25), McInerney (87) Ryan (4)
ST PETER’S COMMUNITY SCHOOL, PASSAGE WEST came from behind to secure a comprehensive victory over Leinster stars Ard Scoil Chiaráin Naofa, Clara in Cahir Park AFC on Thursday (January 25).
Aaron Kirwan’s side had the perfect start to proceedings four minutes in when Issac Ryan converted a peach to the near post to set them up nicely.
Six minutes later, St. Peter’s came close to the equaliser as Kristian O’Callaghan’s glancing header at the far post from a Huge Recie corner went wide of the upright.
St. Peter’s experienced a purple patch midway through the half with three goals inside three minutes.
Eoghan Farrell had the sides level with 18 minutes played when he converted in fine style.
Passage West took the lead two minutes later when Rhema Mbakowe struck from a Darragh Lehane throw-in on the left flank.
Mbakowe’s second and St. Peter’s third came a minute later with a smashing effort from distance.
With twenty minutes remaining, Kit O’Keeffe’s team grabbed a fourth through Kristian O’Callaghan.
Their fifth came ten minutes later when Mbakowe got his hat-trick.
The Munster side led 5-1 at the interval.
Clara had a much better second half as they contained a lot of the Cork threat.
Hugo Recie hit the crossbar over the hour mark while Eoghan Farrell came close at the far post.
Substitute Ryan Dalton had a few darting runs down the right wing with some delightful balls into the box but there was no one in position to capitalise.
St. Peter’s sixth came late on when Ryan McInerney pounced.
A stunning performance from the Munster Champions as they dominated for long periods of the game.
ST. PETER’S CS, PASSAGE WEST | Eduardo Bessone, Liam Quinn, Darragh Lehane, Scott Moynihan, Darragh McCarthy, Hugo Recio, Mark Lester ©, Brian Linehan, Eoghan Farrell, Rhema Mbakwe, Kristian O’ Callaghan
SUBS USED | Jamie Nduwuba for O’Callaghan (65), John Deasy for Mbakwe (65), Ryan Dalton for Farrell (75), Tomas Hanlon for Lester (75), Eoghan McInerney for Recie (75)
SUBS NOT USED | Sean Coughlan, Golding Nduwuba, Josh Horan
TEACHER | Kit O’Keeffe
ARD SCOIL CHIARÁIN NAOFA, CLARA | Liam Flynn, Ronan Totey, Dylan Carroll, Myles Handy, Kevin Minnout, Scott Griffith, Aaron Kelly, James Cullen, Dylan Deehan Kavanagh, Issac Ryan, Keever Kelly
SUBS USED | Christian McKeown for Kelly (51), Callum Bracken for Deehan Kavanagh (60), Evan Cronin for Ryan (72), Greg Byrne for Carroll (72), Ben Bracker for A Kelly (78)
SUBS NOT USED | Jamie Larkin, Brian Buckley
TEACHER | Aaron Kirwan
MATCH OFFICIAL | Mark Jordan (Tipperary)