{"id":679342,"date":"2026-11-09T08:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T08:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/679342\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T08:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T08:46:15","slug":"rochestown-bridge-20-year-gap-as-they-defeat-douglas-to-claim-the-seandun-junior-c-football-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/679342\/","title":{"rendered":"Rochestown bridge 20-year gap as they defeat Douglas to claim the Seand\u00fan Junior C Football title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Rochestown 3-14 (3-0-14)\n <\/p>\n

\n Douglas 2-10 (2-0-10).\n <\/p>\n

Rochestown have bridged a 20-year gap as they defeated near neighbours Douglas to claim the AOS Security Seand\u00fan Junior C Football title from the decider at Ballinlough.<\/p>\n

This game produced an evenly-contested opening quarter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rochestown seized the initiative in the second quarter, as they tagged on seven unanswered points, including a free.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a relatively low-scoring second half, two goals from Rochestown in the space of minute were to prove decisive, while scoring opportunities were at a premium in the final quarter.<\/p>\n

Two points from Barry Fitzgerald and one by Liam O\u2019Callaghan gave Douglas an early lead.<\/p>\n

Tadgh Hanrahan and Paul O\u2019Carroll each replied with points for Rochestown.<\/p>\n

Douglas stretched the margin when Fionn Swanton got the game\u2019s opening goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Seand\u00fanSeand\u00fan Chairman Mick Buckley presenting the AOS Security Seand\u00fan Junior C Football trophy to Rochestown winning captain Mark Biggins <\/p>\n

Rochestown responded when Jason Walsh tagged on a point from play, to reduce the margin to three points.<\/p>\n

Entering the second quarter, Rochestown levelled matters when Darragh O\u2019Shea set up Michael O\u2019Riordan for a goal from outside the Douglas 20-metre line.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This was followed by Ian McAuliffe\u2019s pointed free, which gave Rochestown the lead for the first time in the contest.<\/p>\n

This lead did not last, as Swanton put Doulgas back in the lead with his second goal.<\/p>\n

Rochestown had Doulgas pinned back for most of the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Walsh added five points without reply and O\u2019Carroll also added a point. McAuliffe converted his second free.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This left the scoreline reading 1-11 to 2-3 in Rochestown\u2019s favour at the interval.<\/p>\n

John Farrell and Cian Clarke each tagged on points for Doulgas. Walsh replied with a pointed free for Rochestown.<\/p>\n

In the 34th minute, Hanrahan set up Keith Rafferty for Rochestown\u2019s second goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wayward kick-outs were proving to be Douglas\u2019 undoing as Hanrahan won possession for Rochestown from a Douglas kick-out, to add his side\u2019s third goal. This left Rochestown leading by ten points.<\/p>\n

Fitzgerald and Clarke got a point each for Doulgas. Farrell also pointed a free, to reduce the margin to seven points.<\/p>\n

Walsh converted his second pointed free for Rochestown, midway through the second half.<\/p>\n

Douglas had Rochestown on the defensive for most of the final quarter, as Darragh McCarthy scored two unanswered points.<\/p>\n

\"RefereeReferee Danny Duggan accompanied by captains Mark Lucey (Douglas) and Mark Biggins (Rochestown) <\/p>\n

Wayward shooting from frees was to be costly for both sides in this period. Rochestown net-minder Ciar\u00e1n O\u2019Connor also pulled off some spectacular saves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The game\u2019s final piece of action saw McAuliffe score his third point for Rochestown.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Rochestown: J Walsh 0-8 (0-2f); T Hanrahan 1-1; M O\u2019Riordan, K Rafferty 1-0 each; I McAuliffe 0-3 (0-2f); P O\u2019Carroll 0-2.<\/p>\n

\n Douglas: F Swanton 2-0; B Fitzgerald 0-3; J Farrell 0-2 (0-1f); D McCarthy, C Clarke 0-2 each; L O\u2019Callaghan 0-1.<\/p>\n

\n Rochestown: C O\u2019Connor; M Biggins, G Scannell, D Redican; D O\u2019Shea, D O\u2019Leary, S More; I McAuliffe, T Hanrahan; M O\u2019Riordan, B Kelleher, K Rafferty; J Walsh, P Hartnett, P O\u2019Carroll.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: E \u00d3 Ceallaigh for O\u2019Riordan (37), S Kelleher for Biggins (43), A O\u2019Halloran for Kelleher (60+).<\/p>\n

\n Douglas: C O\u2019Donovna; J McMorow, E Cotter, S O\u2019Meara; S Tynan, I Lucey, D Morrissey; M Lucey, M O\u2019Callaghan; B O\u2019Sullivan, J Farrell, N Fanning; B Fitzgerlad, C Clarke, F Swanton.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: D McCarthy for Lucey (26-28, temp), for Fanning (h\/t), A Kennedy for Morrissey (37), D Hughes for McMorrow (47), D Ryan for O\u2019Sullivan (55).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: Danny Duggan (Bishopstown).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rochestown 3-14 (3-0-14) Douglas 2-10 (2-0-10). Rochestown have bridged a 20-year gap as they defeated near neighbours Douglas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-679342","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\/679342","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=679342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}