{"id":664323,"date":"2026-10-24T20:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T20:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/664323\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T20:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T20:34:09","slug":"scotland-snatch-late-shinty-hurling-glory-on-leeside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/664323\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland snatch late shinty-hurling glory on Leeside"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ireland 2-17 Scotland 4-12<\/p>\n

Zander Michie pointed a last-gasp penalty to give Scotland their first shinty-hurling international victory over Ireland since 2019 after a thrilling contest at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh.<\/p>\n

Billy Nolan had converted an 83rd-minute levelling free and made six saves, but his last stop was pulled back for a penalty when Darragh Neary threw his hurley as Thomas Borthwick shot at goal.<\/p>\n

Goals from midfielders Neary and Diarmaid Stritch had kept Ireland in touch against the wind and they looked likely winners entering the last 10 minutes. But Iain Robinson and Innes Blackhall’s goals set up a grandstand finish.<\/p>\n

Eamon O\u2019Shea\u2019s 20-man squad included players from all five hurling tiers, with eight having played in the All-Ireland SHC this year.<\/p>\n

The 14-a-side contest featured two-man inside lines and an extra player in midfield. That made for a congested and physical centre. Six substitutes were rolled on and off to retain freshness throughout the 80-minute encounter.<\/p>\n

\"Andrew
\nAndrew Ormond of Ireland tussles with Scotland’s Rory Kennedy<\/p>\n

After a handful of early misses, one of Ireland\u2019s most experienced shinty internationals, Antrim half-back Gerard Walsh, got the hosts on the board with a tidy jab lift and precise strike from the left flank.<\/p>\n

Backed by a strong wind blowing into the Blackrock End, Scotland soon got the upper hand. They reeled off 1-04 without reply as Calum McLay whipped a neat move to the net after nine minutes.<\/p>\n

Walsh nailed an outstanding sideline cut into the wind, but Scotland had their own dead-ball ace in Michie. He converted six placed balls off the ground, including two 65s.<\/p>\n

Nolan kept Ireland close with reflex saves from Ruaridh Anderson and Donald Nixon\u2019s vicious low drives. Aaron Dunphy also forced the Scottish keeper into action, while Andrew Ormond\u2019s frees closed the gap.<\/p>\n

On the half-hour, Nolan saved superbly from McLay, but the Waterford stopper had no luck as the rebound fell for the attacker to prod home his second.<\/p>\n

Trailing by seven, Ireland came straight upfield. Neary absorbed a painful blow from the throw-in, but shook it off to guide the sliotar forward from the 45 and tuck away.Ireland needed another brilliant Nolan save before further trimming the deficit.<\/p>\n

Pearse \u00d3g McCrickard juggled the sliotar into Stritch\u2019s path and the Clare hotshot planted a rising shot into the top corner.<\/p>\n

They trailed by 2-07 to 2-04 at half-time.<\/p>\n

In a stop-start opening to the second half, Michie\u2019s fourth free extended Scotland\u2019s lead before the Irish comeback began.<\/p>\n

\"Andrew
\nIt was an absorbing battle in Cork<\/p>\n

Cian O\u2019Sullivan and Ormond found the target. He never took one for Cork, but newly retired home favourite S\u00e9amus Harnedy got the rare opportunity to convert a free.<\/p>\n

Fermanagh\u2019s Luca McCusker arrowed over a terrific leveller on the turn. Dunphy then converted a free to give Ireland their first lead in 50 minutes.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t last long as Robinson equalised from an outrageous angle before Nolan was called into action for his fifth save to deny Danny Kelly.<\/p>\n

A couple of hurleys were broken as the intensity rose in a hard-hitting second half before Robinson provided Scotland\u2019s lead goal.<\/p>\n

Three consecutive Dunphy frees gave Ireland the edge and Sam O\u2019Farrell\u2019s sublime effort looked the insurance score, but Blackhall\u2019s goal ignited the stoppage-time drama.<\/p>\n

Ireland: B Nolan (0-01f); M Butler, I Shanahan; G Walsh (0-02, 1s\/l), M McGrath, R Mullaney; D Neary (1-00), FC Fennell, D Stritch (1-00); A Dunphy (0-05, 5f), S O’Farrell (0-02), S Harnedy (0-01f); A Ormond (0-03, 2f), C O’Sullivan (0-01)<\/p>\n

Interchange: L McCusker (0-01), P \u00d3g McCrickard (0-01), J Murray, P Turner, K O’Connor, D Healey<\/p>\n

Scotland: B McGregor; R Kennedy, R Harrison; B Morrison, A MacDonald, D Sloss; Z Michie (0-06, 3f, 2 65s, 1p), T Borthwick, D Kelly; D Brannan (0-02, 1f, 1 65), I Blackhall (1-00), D MacVicar (0-01); C McLay (2-01), I Robinson (1-01)<\/p>\n

Interchange: D Matheson, A McClean, D Nixon, R Anderson (0-01), N McNaughton, L Cameron<\/p>\n

Referee: E Furlong (Wexford)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland 2-17 Scotland 4-12 Zander Michie pointed a last-gasp penalty to give Scotland their first shinty-hurling international victory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-664323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664323","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=664323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}