St Michael's face difficult task

ST. Michael’s will be aiming to crown a memorable year by adding the Connacht title to their county crown when they face Kilbride of Roscommon in the provincial intermediate football decider at Dr. Hyde Park on Sunday (12:45 p.m.).Following their 2-11 to 2-7 victory over Aughnasheelin of Leitrim in the Connacht semifinal last weekend, St. Michael’s confidence will be high going into this contest. Wing forward Hugh McClafferty and full forward Michael Feeney were the St. Michael’s goalscorers in that win.Indeed, Michael’s manager Pat Regan was delighted with the character his side showed in that game. “It was a good test. Aughnasheelin were a good, young team and they were very fast. I suppose, conditions weren’t the best, the pitch was in a terrible state. It was a very heavy pitch and it looked as if it was just cut during the week. So underfoot conditions were terrible.”Still, a return of 2-11 was an impressive tally. “It was a good score,” agrees Regan. “I suppose they scored 1-1 in the four minutes of injury-time, but it was that type of game. They kicked a few wides early on and if they had got those, who knows? They just kept coming at us; they were a good footballing side. “We had played out in Carna Caiseal the previous week and the conditions out there were terrible. When you play in those conditions, you do get use to them and that really helped us against Aughnasheelin.”Heading into this tie against Roscommon champions Kilbride, Regan and his management team have ...