{"id":568763,"date":"2026-07-26T10:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/568763\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T10:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:05:16","slug":"newcestown-stun-nemo-to-open-championship-with-a-statement-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/568763\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcestown stun Nemo to open championship with a statement victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcestown: 2-16 (2-3-10)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nemo Rangers: 1-13 (1-2-9)\u00a0<\/p>\n

A historic day for Newcestown as they made a statement with a deserved six-point win over Nemo Rangers in the McCarthy Insurance Group Premier SFC at Cloughduv on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

This Group 2 Round 1 battle was a repeat of last year\u2019s semi-final clash, which Nemo won after extra time, but there can be no complaints about this result. A first championship win for Newcestown over Nemo when it comes to the big ball.<\/p>\n

Newcestown were outstanding for the majority, albeit against a Nemo side down a few key players and never getting to the pitch of the game.<\/p>\n

Seamus O\u2019Sullivan had an eventful day. He was Newcestown\u2019s top scorer with 0-7, while also picking up a black card \u2014 a ten-minute window that Nemo failed to capitalise on \u2014 and then going off with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

It was, though, a real collective display, typical Newcestown. Cork footballer David Buckley kicked 0-4, and while he wasn\u2019t hugely influential in terms of scoring, it was the unseen work and the breaking ball that impressed most from him.<\/p>\n

\"Newcestown\u2019sNewcestown\u2019s Daire McAree makes a pass while Nemo Rangers\u2019 Barry Cripps has eyes on the ball. Picture: Chani Anderson<\/p>\n

Nemo Rangers did start brightly, with Ross Corkery a key figure. He pointed and was also denied a goal by Newcestown goalkeeper Christopher White.<\/p>\n

The swirling breeze was causing havoc for both teams.<\/p>\n

A pair of Seamus O\u2019Sullivan efforts briefly nudged Newcestown ahead before Nemo raised a green flag after 15 minutes. Barry Cripps played in Alan O\u2019Donovan and he rifled the ball into the net.<\/p>\n

Newcestown\u2019s response was strong, though. They hit four scores on the trot, including two-pointers from Seamus O\u2019Sullivan (play) and David Buckley (free), to lead 0-8 to 1-1 after 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

Conor Shalloe did point for Nemo, but they were second best.<\/p>\n

Newcestown got their own goal two minutes before the 30th minute. Luke Meade\u2019s long delivery into the square saw his brother Jack Meade beat netminder Miche\u00e1l Aodh Martin to the dropping ball and punch it into the net, 1-8 to 1-2.<\/p>\n

It got better when Seamus O\u2019Sullivan landed another two-pointer, but a minute later he received a black card for a deliberate trip.<\/p>\n

Nemo at least got the last score of the half when Corkery bisected the posts, leaving it 1-10 to 1-3 at half-time.<\/p>\n

Two early wides at the start of the second half summed up Nemo\u2019s day.<\/p>\n

\" Nemo Rangers\u2019 Conor Shalloe makes a catch. Picture: Chani Anderson<\/p>\n

A fisted Eoghan Collins effort extended Newcestown\u2019s advantage before Conor Horgan got only Nemo\u2019s fourth point.<\/p>\n

The sides traded white flags as Seamus O\u2019Sullivan returned to the field, 1-12 to 1-5 after 39 minutes.<\/p>\n

They exchanged points again before Collins got Newcestown\u2019s second goal 16 minutes from time. He had an easy finish, with sub Humphrey Canty involved in the build-up, 2-13 to 1-6.<\/p>\n

Cork footballer Mark Cronin, quiet by his standards, got his first score with a two-pointer, but time was against his side.<\/p>\n

Nemo kicked two of the next three scores, including a Corkery orange flag, but they trailed 2-14 to 1-11 after 58 minutes.<\/p>\n

A Mark Cronin free and a Kevin Fulignati point made things interesting, but a Jack Meade fisted point and a beauty of a free from Buckley sealed a significant victory for Newcestown.<\/p>\n

Scorers for Newcestown: S O\u2019Sullivan 0-7 (2 2pt), J Meade 1-2, D Buckley 0-4 (1 2pt f, 0-1 f), E Collins 1-1, M McSweeney, L Meade 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

Nemo Rangers: R Corkery 0-5 (1 2pt), M Cronin 0-3 (1 2pt, 0-1 f), A O\u2019Donovan 1-0, C Horgan 0-2 (0-1 f), K Fulignati, B Murphy, C Shalloe 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

NEWCESTOWN: C White; J Kelleher, C O\u2019Donovan, G O\u2019Donovan; R O\u2019Sullivan, M McSweeney, C Dinneen; S O\u2019Donovan, E Collins; L Meade, T Twomey, D Buckley; D McAree, J Meade, S O\u2019Sullivan.<\/p>\n

Subs: H Canty for S O\u2019Sullivan (43, inj), C Keane for T Twomey (50).<\/p>\n

NEMO RANGERS: MA Martin; N O\u2019Shea, M Hill, C Moore; L Horgan, S Cronin, K Fulignati; A O\u2019Donovan, B Murphy; C Shalloe, M Cronin, B Cripps; R Corkery, R Dalton, C Horgan.<\/p>\n

Subs: E Nation for N O\u2019Shea (32-34, temp), T O\u2019Brien for C Shalloe, K O\u2019Donovan for L Horgan (both 48).<\/p>\n

Referee: Ciar\u00e1n Murphy (Glanworth).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcestown: 2-16 (2-3-10)\u00a0 Nemo Rangers: 1-13 (1-2-9)\u00a0 A historic day for Newcestown as they made a statement with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-568763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}