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Live updates: Donegal v St Mary’s College, Dr McKenna Cup

written by Chris McNulty January 10, 2016
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Live updates from O’Donnell Park where Donegal are taking on St Mary’s College in the Dr McKenna Cup.

FULL-TIME: Donegal 0-08 St Mary’s College 2-06

70 mins: Conall McCann has surely sealed a win for St Mary’s College. In injury time and they’re four in front.

69 mins: McBride fires over and St Mary’s, suddenly, lead by three. 0-08 to 2-05

68 mins: Wow. St Mary’s have got another GOAL. Great break by the Students and Ryan Johnstone cracks a fine shot past Danny Rodgers. Donegal 0-08 St Mary’s College 2-04

67 mins: Morrison replaces Carroll on the Donegal team.

66 mins: Mac Niallais lands his sixth of the game and Donegal lead 0-08 to 1-04

64 mins: Michael Murphy is wide with a ’45 as Donegal get Cillian Morrison ready for action.

61 mins: Johnstone points for St Mary’s.

59 mins: Mac Niallais curls over a free and Donegal are ahead again. Donegal 0-07 St Mary’s College 1-03

56 mins: Confirmation from the sideline that McGrath was previously booked in the 30th minute.

56 mins: Ciaran McCooey has been black carded for a foul on Mac Niallais. St Mary’s readying Ciaran Corrigan to replace him.

53 mins: The fourth official has reported that Paddy McGrath was shown a yellow and a red, but no-one here has McGrath listed as already booked…

52 mins: Colm Byrne for McGarrity on the St Mary’s team.

51 mins: Donegal down to 14 men as Paddy McGrath is shown a red card. Some confusion as to whether or not it’s a straight red or not. Neil McGee and Patrick McBride also booked after a melee.

49 mins: Darragh Kavanagh is on for Grogan on the St Mary’s College team.

45 mins: Ryan Johnstone, who’s just on, has drawn St Mary’s level. Rodgers got a hand to it, but couldn’t prevent it from going over.  Donegal 0-06 St Mary’s College 1-03

44 mins: Donegal have had all the possession this half, but have kicked five wides and posted just one point since the start of part two. Donegal 0-06 St Mary’s College 1-02

44 mins: Ryan Johnstone comes on for Ciaran Mac Iomhár on the St Mary’s team.

43 mins: Matthew Fitzpatrick replaces Aidan Nugent on the St Mary’s team.

40 mins: Burns saves superbly from Mac Niallais after he’s played in by Murphy.

38 mins: Donegal in front again, as Eoin McHugh posts after build-up involving Murphy and McGlynn. Donegal 0-06 St Mary’s College 1-02

Three changes at half-time for Donegal. Michael Murphy, Neil McGee and Stephen McBrearty are on for Hugh McFadden, Eamonn Doherty and Hugh McFadden.

HALF-TIME: Donegal 0-05 St Mary’s College 1-02

35 +3 mins: Mac Niallais bags his fourth point of the day and the teams are level once more. Donegal 0-05 St Mary’s College 1-02

35 mins: Goal chance for Mac Niallais, who worms his way into a position from which he can shoot, but his shot is blocked by Ciaran McCoy. Donegal 0-04 St Mary’s College 1-02

31 mins: St Mary’s are ahead again as Grogan posts a fine score from distance. Donegal 0-04 St Mary’s College 1-02

29 mins: Ciaran Thompson is the latest man to go into the book. The Glenties man is yellow carded for a foul on McCann.

22 mins: Substitution for St Mary’s College as Patrick McBride replaces Meyler and Mac Niallais slots over a free won by Hugh McFadden. Donegal 0-04 St Mary’s College 1-01

20 mins: Not much to report since, although Jack O’Brien and Conor Meyler were booked after continuing their tete-a-tete.

14 mins: Carroll has a chance to put Donegal back on level terms, but his arrow goes straight into Rory Burns’ arms. Donegal 0-03 St Mary’s College 1-01

13 mins: St Mary’s take possession from the kick out and Aidan McGarrity restores the lead. Donegal 0-03 St Mary’s College 1-01

13 mins: Mac Niallais tucks a wonderful effort between the sticks to level it up. Donegal 0-03 St Mary’s College 1-00

9 mins: Micheál Carroll atones for his earlier miss with a well-taken point and Donegal are within a point. Donegal 0-02 St Mary’s College 1-00

7 mins: GOAL for St Mary’s. Jack Grogan takes a pass from Ciaran Mac Iomhár, wrong-foots Eamonn Doherty and fires home. Donegal 0-01 St Mary’s College 1-00

6 mins: Odhrán Mac Niallais swings over the opening score from around 30 metres and Donegal are in front. Donegal 0-01 St Mary’s College 0-00

5 mins: Micheál Carroll pops the ball wide after being fed by Martin O’Reilly. Still scoreless. Donegal 0-00 St Mary’s College 0-00

1 min: Bit of early handbags at the throw-in. Free from Jack Grogan drops short and Donegal clear. Donegal 0-00 St Mary’s College 0-00

Minute’s silence here for former Donegal footballer Donal Monaghan who was laid to rest during the week: http://www.donegalsporthub.com/?p=12333

There are no changes to the team that have been named for the programme.

Stephen McMenamin makes his Donegal debut, taking the place of Stephen McBrearty from last week.

Donegal: Danny Rodgers; Jack O’Brien, Eamonn Doherty, Paddy McGrath; Frank McGlynn, Caolan Ward, Stephen McMenamin; Hugh McFadden, Odhrán MacNiallais; Micheál Carroll, Ciaran Thompson, Eoghan Ban Gallagher; Leo McLoone, Martin O’Reilly, Eoin McHugh.

Live updates: Donegal v St Mary’s College, Dr McKenna Cup was last modified: January 10th, 2016 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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