Red Hughs pull away in the second half to grab IFC win in Burt

Red Hughs got their IFC campaign back on track with a double score win over Burt in Hibernian Park on Saturday night. 

After last weekend’s first round defeats by Bundoran and Malin respectively the pressure was on Burt and Red Hughs ahead of this second round clash.

And with Calvin Bradley kicking five points and Colm Melaugh, Luke Kelly and Cathair Browne also chipping in with points, the men from the Cross were simply more potent up front.

Sean McHugh, Keith McColgan and Jack O’Brien scored the points for the locals who ran Realt na Mara to three points last weekend in the first round.  

The first half was a very low-scoring encounter and the teams changed ends level at 0-1 each.  

Red Hughs upped their game on the resumption and kicked four unanswered points to pull 0-5 to 0-1 ahead by the 50-minute mark. 

Burt did pull it back to 0-5 to 0-4 before Red Hughs closed out the game to run over five point winners.

Burt scorers: Sean McHugh 0-3,1f, Keith McColgan 0-1,1f,Jack O’Brien 0-1.

Red Hughs scorers: Calvin Bradley 0-5, Colm Melaugh 0-2, Tiernan Kelly, Luke Kelly, Cathair Browne  0-1 each.   

Burt: Niall McGlynn; Darren Bradley, Tom Doherty, Sean O’Donnell; Dara Grant, Oisin Kelly, Keith McColgan; Stephen O’Donnell, Denver Kelly; Shayne Gallagher, Sean McHugh, Conor Gartland; Darren Gallagher, Liam Óg McKinney, Martin Donaghey. 

Subs: Caolan McKinney for Sean O’Donnell; Jack O’Brien for S Gallagher; Mark McElhinney for D Kelly.

Red Hughs; Luke Kelly; Jason Callaghan, Darragh McMenamin, Luke Browne; Ryan Kelly, Stephen McMenamin, Aaron McGlinchey; Thomas McMenamin, James Doherty; Tiernan Kelly, Pauric McMenamin, Gerard Melaugh; Colm Melaugh, Calvin Bradley, Cathair Browne.