Con O’Callaghan to the fore as Cuala outclass Borris

CUALA 4-16 BORRIS-KILCOTTON (Laois) 1-14

Dublin senior footballer Con O’Callaghan showed his class with the small ball when he scored four goals in Cuala’s rout of Laois champions, Borris-Kilcotton, in Sunday’s AIB Leinster Club SHC quarter-final at Parnell Park.

Con scored an incredible 3-3 in the opening half as the Dalkey side made light work of their task to lead 3-11 to 0-6 at the interval.

Cuala progress to a semi-final against Carlow’s St Mullin's at Netwatch Cullen Park on Sunday, November 20.

The Carlow champions defeated out Raharney (Westmeath) by 2-14 to 1-11.

Con’s goals arrived in the eighth, tenth and 30th minute to put the game beyond the Laois side by the break.

Borris made a good start to the second half and outscored Cuala 0-4 to 0-2 in the ten minutes after half-time but were rocked back by O'Callaghan's fourth goal.

David Treacy amassed six points, five from frees, while Cian Waldron added four from play.

SCORERS -  Cuala: Con O’Callaghan 4-3, David Treacy 0-6 (0-5f), Cian Waldron 0-4, Colm Cronin, John Sheanon, Colm Sheanon 0-1 each. Borris/Kilcotton: PJ Scully 0-6 (0-5f, 0-1 sideline), Patrick Whelan 1-2, Aaron Dunphy,  Danny Fitzpatrick 0-2 each, Neil Foyle, Joseph Campion 0-1 each.

CUALA: S Brennan; O Gough, Cian O'Callaghan, S Timlin; S Moran, P Schutte, J Sheanon; J Malone, D O'Connell; S Treacy, C Cronin, D Treacy; M Schutte, Con O'Callaghan, C Waldron. Subs: S Stapleton for D Treacy (45), C Sheanon for Waldron (50), R Tierney for Timlin (54), B Fitzgerald for Con O'Callaghan (54), N Waldron for S Treacy (59).
BORRIS/KILCOTTON: E Fleming; S Finan, B Stapleton, N Delaney; C Stapleton, M Whelan, J Fitzpatrick; P Whelan, D Fitzpatrick; D Quinlan, J Campion, S Dunphy; N Foyle, A Dunphy, PJ Scully. Subs: C Kilbane for Delaney (23), S Phelan for Quinlan (ht), B Meade for Finan (43), E Fitzpatrick for S Dunphy (43).
REF: P O'Dwyer (Carlow).