Lively Gort turn on the style in thrashing Tynagh/Abbey

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Darren Kelly at Duggan Park

GORT gave a telling indication of their senior hurling championship intentions on Monday evening as a faultless opening quarter delivered a match winning margin in their delayed opener against Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry.

Ten different scorers were to the fore as they amassed 18 white flags in 30 minutes before Albert Mullins’ goal ensured the result was only going one way.

Matt Murphy’s charges certainly had their work put in on the training ground. Not just was their forwards’ mobility difficult to manage, their defenders also showed a willingness to mix roles and positions, often following their man rather than minding their zone.

Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry played their part in a thrilling feast under lights but were quite simply outplayed. Already down Paul Killeen and the injured Padraig Breheny, the east Galway outfit were still only five behind on 26 minutes before a Gort blitz settled the tie by half-time.

It’s dangerous to predict title credentials for a club playing in Senior B, but if Gort can reproduce this form next Monday against Padraig Pearses, the Senior A heavyweights will take notice.

Despite the absence of key personnel, Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry have welcomed additions and new recruit Conor Jordan got off the mark after 55 seconds. Darren O’Donoghue equalised in the second minute and the pace continued with Thomas Gordon restoring the green and blue’s advantage.

Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry were three-point winners the last time these sides met in 2019, but this 0-2 to 0-1 lead was as good as it got. Aiden Helebert levelled for Gort before Jack Grealish midway out on the left put them ahead in the fourth minute.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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