![\"Alex](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5170396_4_articleinline_IMG_2401_5b1_5d.jpg\" "\\"Alex")
Alex Cummins, who scored 0-4 for Ballyphehane against Glanmire in their AOS Security Seand\u00fan Football Championship opener<\/p>\n\n Ballyphehane 0-14 (0-1-12)\n <\/p>\n
\n Glanmire 0-13 (0-1-11)\n <\/p>\n
Ballyphehane got their AOS Security Seand\u00fan Junior A Football Championship off to a winning start, as they saw off the challenge of Glanmire in their hard-fought opener at Ballinlough.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This result leaves Ballyphehane in second place behind Passage on scoring differences.<\/p>\n
Ballyphehane made the better start but were held scoreless by Glanmire for most of the second quarter, as they trailed by three points at half-time. Ballyphehane tightened up in the second half as they restricted to Glanmire to three scores from placed-balls.<\/p>\n
With wind advantage in the opening half, Ethan Varian gave Ballyphehane the lead with a two-pointer, within 20 seconds of the throw-in.<\/p>\n
Aidan Roche replied with a point from play for Glanmire. This was followed by two points for Ballyphehane by Alex Cummins, while James Murphy and Eoghan Murphy each replied with points for Glanmire.<\/p>\n
Robbie Wyse tagged on a point for Ballyphehane to leave his side leading by 0-5 to 0-3. Midway through the opening half, the tide turned in Glanmire\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n
Ballyphehane found themselves pinned back for most of the second quarter as persistent fouling was to be their undoing.<\/p>\n
Alex Cummins, who scored 0-4 for Ballyphehane against Glanmire in their AOS Security Seand\u00fan Football Championship opener<\/p>\n
James Crowley slotted over two points for Glanmire, including a free, to put Glanmire in the driving seat for the first time in the contest. James Muprhy also got on the scoresheet, as he added two points from play.<\/p>\n
Glanmire net-minder Gerry O\u2019Callaghan also chipped in as he converted two frees, including one from outside the Ballyphehane 40-metre arc. This gave Glanmire a five-point advantage.<\/p>\n
Ballyphehane responded with points from Carig Murphy and Troy O\u2019Sullivan in stoppage time at the end of the first half. This left the half-time scoreline reading 0-10 to 0-7 in Glanmire\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n
Ballyphehane upped the ante after the interval and Craig Murphy reduced the deficit to two points within 20 seconds of the resumption.<\/p>\n
Ballyphehane continued to have Glanmire pinned back, as wayward kick-outs were proving to be costly for Glanmire. Ballyphehane levelled matters at ten points apiece with two points from play in two minutes by Varian. <\/p>\n
Glanmire regained the lead in the 36th minute, courtesy of a pointed free by James Murphy, but Ballyphehane tied the scores, five minutes later as Craig Murphy got his side\u2019s only score from a free.<\/p>\n
Ballyphehane regained the lead as Sean Fielding landed a point from play, midway through the second half.<\/p>\n
Glanmire regained the lead as James Murphy and Crowley each added unanswered points from frees.<\/p>\n
Glanmire were on the back foot for the remainder of the game as Cummins ensured victory for Ballyphehane with two late points, including one in stoppage time.<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Ballyphehane: E Varian 0-4 (1 2pt); A Cummins 0-4; C Murphy 0-3 (0-1f); S Fielding, R Wyse, T O\u2019Sullivan 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n Glanmire: J Murphy 0-5 (0-2f); J Crowley 0-3 (0-2f); G O\u2019Callaghan 0-3 (1 2pt f, 0-1f); E Murphy, A Roche 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n Ballyphehane: B O\u2019Leary; D Holland, D Moore, C Noonan; R Wyse, J Geasley, S Keating; C O\u2019Brien, E Varian; J Thompson, T O\u2019Sullivan, A O\u2019Donoghue; C Murphy, A Cummins, S Fielding.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: J O\u2019Brien for Fielding, F Long for Noonan (both 55).<\/p>\n
\n Glanmire: G O\u2019Callaghan; C \u00d3 Corcora, J Kelleher, F O\u2019Donovan; O Kelleher, B Kelleher, A Roche; K Kenneally, A O\u2019Donovan; D McCarthy, J Crowley, E Murphy; J Murphy, R McCarthy, N Marron.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: R Boyle for \u00d3 Corcora (44), C Quirke for Roche (47), S Crowe for O Kelleher (49).<\/p>\n
\n Referee: Brian Sweeney (Erin\u2019s Own).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ballyphehane 0-14 (0-1-12) Glanmire 0-13 (0-1-11) Ballyphehane got their AOS Security Seand\u00fan Junior A Football Championship off to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-568833","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\/568833","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=568833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}