Bective’s great run in the div. 3 league came to a halt courtesy of a determined and committed Carnaross in Bective on Friday night. Bective, without a few regulars, failed to get much traction in this game in the first half and left themselves with too much to do in the second half and never looked likely winners. Carnaross opened their scoring with a goal after 2 minutes, and had a further 5 points (all from play) on the score board before Bective got their first point via Ronan Murtagh’s flick on 17 minutes. Carnaross dominated the exchanges and released the ball early to their forwards who capitalised with fine scores. Bective were getting no return from their forward line and were frequently dispossessed albeit with some heavy handed tackling. Carnaross fired another goal and 3 points before Bective’s Ciaran McConnell fisted a point on 29 minutes.
Half time score Carnaross 2- 7 to Bective’s 0-2.
The half time break allowed manager David Hosie to berate Bective’s lack of effort and to stand up to the intensity and physicality of this contest. Bective started better with a point each from Paul Mc Cabe and Marty Mulhall (free kick) after 10 minutes. Carnaross replied with a point from play, followed by a Mark O’Brien point and again a Carnaross point. Bective were now giving as good as they got and added 3 points. However Carnaross were still willing to run hard at the stretched Bective defence and showed they had staying power and fired 2 more points from play to conclude the scoring. Few Bective players will want to remember this match, with the exception of Diarmuid Rogers, but they can choose to learn from it.
Carnaross 2-11, Bective 0-8.
Bective team started:
Ciaran Breslin, Jack Grant, Diarmuid Rogers, Gary Brennan, David Fitzpatrick, Jarlaith Brennan, Craig Roche, Paul Lyness, Kevin Brennan, Ciaran Mc Connell, Brian Cantwell, Ronan Murtagh, Paul Mc Cabe, Marty Mulhall, Mark O’Brien. Subs in were – Colm Barry, James Davis, Ben Malone and Ciaran Casey.
