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Date Time Competition Season
8 May 2022 1:45 pm Ulster Senior Championship 2022

Match Report

White raises green flags for Donegal

Susanne White was a last minute introduction to the Donegal side that took on Cavan in the semi-final of the TG4 Ulster Ladies Football Championship – and she took the opportunity with both hands.

From Alan Foley at St Tiernach’s Park, Clones

With Karen Guthrie ruled out, Donegal manager Maxi Curran gave White the nod and by half-time the Killybegs forward had scored two goals, which helped her side lead 2-10 to 0-6 at the break, before Yvonne Bonner added another goal in the second half.

In the Clones sunshine, it was 0-2 to 0-2 when White netted her first goal on ten minutes, slamming into an open goal after an ambitious Niamh McLaughlin lob had crashed down off the crossbar when she pinched a kick-out from Elaine Walsh.

Then, four minutes later, White grabbed her second goal with a fine finish across Walsh, when she was found on the right of the Cavan square by Yvonne Bonner, for a 2-4 to 0-3 Donegal lead.

TG4 All Star Geraldine McLaughlin posted five first half points for Donegal, with two points apiece from Aisling Gilsenan and Lauren McVeety for Cavan.

Cavan have traditionally proven to be difficult opponents for Donegal, with the Breffni County running into a 1-5 to 0-1 lead at the same stage last year, before Maxi Curran’s side found their shooting boots to run out winners on a 6-16 to 2-17 scoreline. In 2019, Donegal came through after extra-time.

White continued her fine form in the second half, shooting two more points – the second of which came after a flowing move. After 41 minutes, Donegal were 2-14 to 0-8 ahead.

Donegal’s third goal came 15 minutes into the second half, with Bonner taking on a pass from Geraldine McLaughlin when Walsh tried to find the wing. Cavan pulled a goal back a minute later from a penalty by McVeety before Walsh turned a dipping effort from skipper Niamh McLaughlin onto the inside of the post in the last minute, with the ball coming back along the line. Donegal will face Armagh, who have won the last two Ulsters, in the final.

Donegal scorers: G McLaughlin 0-9, 6f; S White 2-3; Y Bonner 1-4; N Hegarty, K Herron and E McCrory 0-1 each.

Cavan scorers: A Gilsenan 0-3, 2f; L McVeety 1-3, 1-0 pen, 3f; G Smith 0-2, N Keenaghan, A Cahill and A Walls 0-1.

Donegal: R McCafferty; N Carr, E McGinley, N Boyle; T Kennedy, Nicole McLaughlin, A Boyle Carr; K Herron, N McLaughlin; Y Bonner, N Hegarty, S Twohig; B McLaughlin, S White, G McLaughlin. Subs: S McFadden for Boyle (39), E McCrory, D Foley and T  Hegarty for Carr, Herron and Twohig (54), K Long for B McLaughlin (57)

Cavan: E Walsh; R Doonan, S Lynch, Z Fay; S  Greene, L Fitzpatrick, E Halton; M Sheridan, N Byrd; N Keenaghan, L McVeety, A Gilseanan; G Sheridan, A Reilly, G Smith. Subs: A  Cahill and K McIntyre for Fay and Reilly (half-time), A Walls for Keenaghan (49), K McLaughlin for Sheridan (56), E Longair for Halton (57)

Referee: Brendan Rice (Down)

Donegal

1Roisin McCafferty Goalkeeper
2Niamh Carr Defender
3Evelyn McGinley Defender
4Niamh Boyle Defender
5Tanya Kennedy Defender
6Nicole McLaughlin Defender
7Amy Boyle Carr Defender
8Katy Herron Midfielder
9Niamh McLaughlin Midfielder
10Yvonne Bonner Forward
11Niamh Hegarty Forward
12Shelly Twohig Forward
13Blathnaid McLaughlin Forward
14Susanne White Forward
15Geraldine McLaughlin Forward
Tara Hegarty 12 Defender
Shauna McFadden 4 Defender
Emma McCrory 2
Katie Long 13 Forward
Deirdre Foley 8

Cavan

1Elaine Walsh Goalkeeper
2Rachael Doonan Defender
3Shauna Lynch Defender
4Zara Fay 18 Defender
5Sinead Greene Defender
6Laura Fitzpatrick Defender
7Emma Halton 23 Defender
8Mona Sheridan Midfielder
9Neasa Byrd Midfielder
10Niamh Keenaghan 17 Forward
11Lauren McVeety Forward
12Aisling Gilsenan Forward
13Geraldine Sheridan Forward
14Aine Reilly 25 Forward
15Geraldine Smith Forward
16Holly Lynch
17Aisling Walls 10 Forward
18Ally Cahill 4 Midfielder
19Annie Denagher REMOVE
20Caoimhe Madden
21Cara McCaffrey
22Elaine Brady
23Erin Longair 7 Defender
24Grainne Faulkner
25Kate McIntyre 14
26Kerri McCormack Forward
27Muireann Smith Defender
28Ruth Smyth
29Sinead McKenna Midfielder
30Sinead McGovern

Ground

St Tiernach’s Park
St. Tiernach’s Park, L28003, Clones Rural ED, Ballybay-Clones Municipal District, County Monaghan, H23 FK29, Ireland

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