McKenna Cup
Group B
Fermanagh 0-19 v Antrim 0-5
By Pauric McGurn
It was all one way traffic on Wednesday in Brewster Park, Enniskillen as Fermanagh had a commanding 14 point victory over Antrim.
It was all too easy for Fermanagh in the first half as they raced into a 0-5 to 0-0 lead after just 17 minutes thanks to Paul McCusker, Tomas Corrigan (2), Barry Mulrone and Cathal Beacom.
Antrim were to hit six wides in the first half as at the other end Fermanagh moved well in control of the game with further points coming from Patrick Reihill, Aidan Breen (2), Tomas Corrigan and two late fantastic scores from Sean Quigley gave Fermanagh a more than deserved 0-11 to 0-0 lead at the break.
The second half seen Fermanagh point early on thanks to Aidan Breen but Antrim finally got off the mark by the 45th minute with a Ryan Murray strike.
Antrim would muster a further 4 scores from Tomas McCann (2), Ruairi Scott and Stephen Beatty but this game was all about Fermanagh and they were to hit some wonderful scores from Barry Mulrone, Tomas Corrigan and substitute Eddie Courtney catching the eye with a wonderful 0-3 late on.
Fermanagh – C Snow; M Jones, C Cullen, J Allen; D McCusker, R McCluskey, P Reihill 0-1; L Cullen, E Donnelly; P McCusker 0-1, C Beacom 0-1, A Breen 0-4; B Mulrone 0-2, S Quigley 0-2, T Corrigan 0-5.
SUBS – D Keenan for P McCusker (HT), E Courtney 0-3 for C Beacom (44), K Connor for R McCluskey (50), E McManus for S Quigley (57), K McDonnell for D McCusker (62), R Hyde for L Cullen (63).
Antrim – R Hanna; C Hamill, P McAleer, P Gallagher; P McBride, J Laverty, R Scott 0-1; M Johnston, S Beatty 0-1; S McGarry, R Murray 0-1, C Murray; C Small, T McCann 0-2, R McCann.
SUBS – K Quinn for R McCann (10), S Tully for M Johnston Black card (28), C Kerr for R Hanna (HT), B McQuillan for S McGarry (45), L McLarnon for C Small (51)
Referee – J McQuillan (Cavan)
Attendance – 1300.
