U.17 Soccer Leinster Shield

Wexford CBS 8 – 2            St.Aidans C.S Tallaght

Wexford CBS progress in style

Wexford CBS advanced to the second round of the Leinster shield in serious style at Wexford Celtic defeating Robbie Keane’s former school by a huge margin. In truth it was the away side that started stronger as their central midfield really got on top in this game and moved the ball about well, they did lack a cutting edge up front as the Bokerboys defended comfortably enough Ryan Byrne leading the line at centre half alongside Jason Nolan who kept their opponents at bay. CBS took the lead from their first real attack after 10 minutes Adam Carrol linked up well with Gary Cullen before finding a neat finish to beat the away keeper. The away side rallied and enjoyed a lot of possession without ever really threatening. The Bokerboys doubled their lead midway through the first half Gary Cullen found Luke O’Neill with a defence splitting pass on the right wing and his cross was met powerfully by T.J Cousins who found the top corner to double the lead. The CBS were now well on top and it was soon 3-0 Gary Cullen combined well with Cousins with a neat one two before playing it to Adam Carroll who found Cousins again with an angled pass Cousins was surrounded in the box but finished it with an exceptional strike to find the top corner with a curling effort. The Bokerboys almost were caught napping as a defensive mix up gave the ball back to Adam Dempsey and he scuffed his clearance into the path of an attacker who was only yards from goal he instinctively struck an effort only to be astounded by the world class save produced by Dempsey to redeem himself after a mistake. Half time 3-0.

In the second half the CBS having learned from their encounter against Bridgetown came out and really took the game to St.Aidans T.J Cousins completed his hat-trick within minutes following a fine team move. The Bokerboys began to ring the changes but the goals didn’t stop coming Dylan O’Regan was introduced and his first action was to gain possession out wide from the box before curling in a beautiful cross to Cousins who scored his 4^th 5-0. O’Reagan himself added a 6^th making a fool of the keeper with a fantastic turn of the ball before tapping into an empty net. St.Aidans did manage to pull one back through their impressive central midfielder. O’Regan again was involved as the Bokerboys added a 7^th playing in fellow sub Jamie Thomas who left his opposing defenders for dead before letting rip and firing a shot to the roof of the net leaving the keeper with no chance. St.Aidans broke and added another to make it 7-2 as the game wound down. Dylan O’Regan was taken down in the box in the dying minutes and captain Gary Cullen stepped up to calmly slot home a well-deserved goal. The boys progress to the 2^nd round in style after the floodgates opened here in this game. An excellent team performance again with a number of subs getting involved and ensuring no drop in the level of performance. This team is really finding their stride now and if they continue to play like this should reap rewards by the end of the season.

Wexford CBS: Adam Dempsey (Wexford Albion), Aaron McGuire (North End), Jason Nolan (North End), Ryan Byrne (Wexford Bohs), Craig Kelly (Wexford Bohs), Lee Busher(Wexford Youths), Cormac Byrne(North End), Gary Cullen (North End), Luke O’Neill (Wexford Albion), Adam Carroll (Wexford Albion), T.J Cousins (Wexford Albion) Subs: Dylan O’Regan(Wexford Albion) for Carroll, Peter Doyle (Wexford Albion) for Cousins, Cathal Kirwan (Wexford Albion) for O’Neill, Ben Butler (Wexford Albion) for Kelly, Alec Lohier (Wex Bohs) for McGuire, Jamie Thomas (Wexford Albion) for Busher