Kerry win maiden camogie league title in 2A final

Kerry 0-14 Meath 0-13

Kerry came out on top of a thrilling encounter with Meath to claim the county's first Very Camogie League Division 2A title at Croke Park.

The Royals contributed in full to a hugely entertaining affair in which the teams were level seven times and in Amy Minogue, had one of the games key protagonists, but with Jackie Horgan contributing eight points, half of which came from play, it was Kerry that had their noses in front when Brian Kearney blew the final whistle after more than seven minutes of injury time.

While both sides missed chances in the first half, it was a period that produced outstanding points from both sides, as well as an exhibition of hooking from a defensive perspective.

Minogue was spectacular, a powerful presence in the middle with splendid accuracy, hitting four points in that opening period, with all three of her scores from play right out of the dop drawer.

The Dunderry dynamo opened the scoring from a 45 but Aoife Behan and the brilliant Horgan put Kerry ahead.

Then came the first of Minogue’s wondrous points from play, sending a misplaced clearance through the posts from the 65m line, tight to the Cusack Park sideline.

That was the first of four consecutive scores for Brendan Skehan’s team, Aoibhinn Lally, Minogue and Leah Devine making it 0-05 to 0-02 by the end of the first quarter.

Amy O’Sullivan struck from a tight angle to stop the rot for Kerry and Patrice Diggin converted a free, having sent a few similar opportunities astray before then.

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