Ulster Ease To Win Over Connacht

Sunday 19.02.2012

Three late points from Conleith Gilligan and Tyrone pair Martin Penrose and Owen Mulligan ensured the Ulster men ran out convincing winners on a final score line of 3-13 to 0-10 and are now through to the final of this year’s Railway cup.

Two more Connacht points.  Pretty much academic at this point.  Ulster 3-13 Connacht 0-10

GOAL – Martin Penrose after a wonderful Peter Harte run.  Ulster are well out the gate.  3-13 Connacht 0-8

50th minute. Benny Coulter finds Conleith Gilligan who fires it over the bar.  That’s the lead back to 11 again.  Ulster 2-13 Connacht 0-8

Dan Gordon for Ulster.  Ulster 2-12 Connacht 0-8.

Donnie Shine gets his second score for Connaght from play.  Ulster 2-11 Connacht 0-8

McKeever from play gets Ulster’s first point of the second half.  Ulster 2-11 Connacht 0-8

Donnie Shine brings Connacht to within 9 with a free.  Ulster 2-10 Connacht 0-7

Second half up and running.  13 metre free for Connacht.  Mortimor slots his fifth point.  Ulster 2-10 Connacht 0-6

Half time in Markievicz Park Sligo and Ulster are well clear.  It looks like a matter of what the final margin will be at this stage.  Ulster 2-10 Connacht 0-5

A point for Connacht.  That reduces the lead to 11 points.  Ulster well in control.  Ulster 2-10 Connacht 0-5

Another Ulster point in the 32nd minute.  Peter Harte brings out a wonderful save from the Connacht keeper.  It was heading to the top corner before he turned it over.  Ulster 2-10 Connacht 0-4

Martin Penrose slices one off the outside of the foot in the 31st minute.  Ulster 2-9 Connacht 0-4

Antrim’s James Loughrey kicks Ulster’s 8th point.  Ulster 2-8 Connacht 0-4

Rory Kavanagh thumps over a long range point.  Ulster 2-7 Connacht 0-4

Conor Mortimor kicks a right footed point from play in the 28th minute.  Ulster 2-6 Connacht 0-4

Peter Harte’s workrate today has been incredible.  He’s on the ball more than any other player so far.

Another Martin Penrose free moves Ulster nine clear.  Ulster 2-6 Connacht 0-3

GOAL – Mark Poland finds the net for Ulster again.  Peter Harte fires over another one shortly after that.  Ulster 2-5 Connacht 0-3

Owen Mulligan slots a point from wide out on the right.  Tyrone men to the fore once again.

Nickey Joyce gets a free back.  Ulster 1-3 Connacht 0-3

GOAL – Peter Harte is on fire this afternoon.  He cut through the Connacht defense and slots it to the net.

Conleith Gilligan puts Ulster in front with a point from play.

Another free.  This time Conor Mortimor slots a free to level the scores after 8 minutes.

Martin Penrose has converted a free in the 7th minute to put Ulster 0-2 to 0-1 ahead.