Kilkenny secure much needed win in Parnell Park
Kilkenny made it two wins from two in the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Championship
Kilkenny remain in control of Group 2 of the Glen Dimplex Senior Camogie Championship after they picked up a superb win on the road at Parnell Park. Sarah Barcoe led the way for the Cats with a personal tally of 2-2 as they won by 2-16 to 1-12.
While Dublin’s Aisling Maher opened the scoring in the fifth minute for the hosts, they would find themselves 0-9 to 0-2 behind after 23 minutes as Kilkenny blitzed clear with a tremendous display of fast attacking play.
Asha McHardy, Aoife Prendergast and Barcoe were on song, the latter in particular posting a phenomenal second-half performance.
Points from Maher and Sinead Wylde cut the Kilkenny lead to five, 0-10 to 0-5 at the break. The margin would remain at five by the 45th minute when Barcoe struck the first Kilkenny goal, doing well under pressure from two Dublin defenders to get her shot away and hit the corner of the net.
Maher did what she could to stem the tide while Barcoe forced a brilliant save from Ciara Jones in the 55th minute, which kept the Dubs in contention as the game crept towards full-time.
However, Barcoe would seal the deal a minute from time with her second major to push Kilkenny ten to the good. Maher raised a consolation green flag at the death for Dublin from a penalty, but they would not stop last year’s beaten quarter-finalists from posting two wins from two, while Dublin themselves are now in real trouble if they want to get back to the knockout stages of the championship, with no points from their opening fixtures.
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