SPECIAL K SAVES THE DAY FOR SYLS

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A last minute penalty save from keeper Billo Kirrane secured victory for Sylvesters Junior hurlers in their first outing in the 2010 championship. In a pulsating game in St Anne's Park, Syls beat Raheny by a scoreline of 5-10 to 5-07. The lead changed hands every few minutes throughout the game and at one stage in the second half it looked like we were dead and buried.

 Ronan Kennedy and Graeme Morris hurled well in defence for Syls. Cillian O'Riordan, Jody Hickey and Jonny Conway provided the goals while Niall O'Connor kept the scoreboard ticking over with points from placed balls. We were 3 points up going into injury time when the ref harshly awarded a penalty against Ciaran Murray. Billo, who couldn't be faulted for any of the goals, proved to be the hero diving to his left to save the resulting penalty in the dying seconds.