Caoimhin King’s side made it two from two in the Corn Na Boinne Cup

Two goals key in Moynalvey's win over Longwood

Moynalvey made it two wins from two in the Corn Na Boinne with a hard-fought win over Longwood on Thursday night.

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Moynalvey 2-8

Longwood 0-9

This game was evenly contested throughout. Ultimately, it was Moynalvey’s two second-half goals that proved to be the difference. The home side will be left to rue two first-half goal opportunities in particular which were blazed over the crossbar. Although misfiring in the first half, the visitors moved up a gear in the second half and once Vinny Walsh hit 1-1 early in the second half Moynalvey never looked back.

It was the Walsh brothers, Vinny first followed by Barry with Moynalvey’s first couple of points, with a Ryan Moore point for the ‘Wood in between. A Michael Brady free made it 0-3 to 0-1 after 11 minutes. A Ryan Moore free and a point from Gavin Griffin levelled matters three points apiece on the quarter-hour mark. Kyle O’Malley chipped in with what would prove to be Moynalvey’s last score of the half. Longwood added a trio of points to lead 0-7 to 0-4 at halftime.

A rejuvenated Moynalvey hit their opponents for 1-1 within five minutes of the restart, both sores coming from Vinny Walsh. The goal came after Padraic Harnan fielded brilliantly before sending in a perfect pass to Walsh inside who made no mistake blasting past Kevin Maguire in the Longwood goals. Sean Coloe levelled matters.

A booming Craig Gilsenan point from the right wing handed the advantage back to Moynalvey. Then came Vinny Walsh’s and Moynalvey’s second goal to leave it 2-6 to 0-8 with 50 minutes played. Once again it was that man Sean Cole who continued to drive his team forward, splitting the Moynalvey uprights with another excellent effort to leave it a one-score game with seven minutes remaining. Moynalvey finished strongly and a pair of points from Craig Gilsenan and Vinny Walsh secured the five-point win for Caoimhin King’s side on a full-time score of 2-8 to 0-9.

Moynalvey - Conor Egan; Cillian Kelly, Charlie McCormack, Charlie Benson; Michael Brady(0-1), Cathal McCabe, Craig Gilsenan(0-2); Padraic Harnan, Donal Smith; Barry Walsh(0-1), Vinny Walsh(2-3), Kyle O'Malley(0-1); Luke O’Halloran, Darren Brennan, Eoin Corrigan. Subs: Peter Durnin, William Harnan, Anthony Brien, Patrick Roddy, Ronan Thompson.

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