Peake Villa stay in hunt, but Vee Rovers said goodbye to Tipperary Premier League

Wilderness Rovers 2 – 5 Peake Villa

Thurles side Peake Villa arrived in Clonmel on Sunday afternoon needing a big result to keep themselves in the hunt for the Premier League title, while their main rivals were on a weekend off, and they delivered in spades against a game Wilderness Rovers side who this season have enjoyed themselves with a successful return to the top table after a number of years in Division One.

The visitors had most of the possession but were constantly thwarted in the early stages by a resolute Wildies defence. They finally opened the scoring in the 23rd minute when Evan McCormack got behind the home defence and slotted home from close range.

The rest of the half saw the hosts push forward looking for an equaliser but the closest they came was a shot from Daan van Der Wall hitting the crossbar with a fantastic effort, and they went to the break a goal down.

The second half followed in much the same vein for the first ten minutes, before the Thurles side added a second after a mix up in the home defence.

This could have seen the Clonmel side fold, but they brought the game back to life six minutes later when Michael O’Hara headed home a ball swung in from the right hand side.

This added momentum to the home side and they were level in the 66th minute when they were awarded a penalty kick and Sean Brown made no mistake from twelve yards out.
But this setback seemed to re-invigorate the Villa and they began to wear down the hosts, retaking the lead 18 minutes from time when Ronan McGuire found the net.

Two more goals in three minutes in the final ten minutes assured that the Thurles side would take home all three points, after that mini scare, and keep themselves well in contention at the top.

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Vee Rovers 1 – 4 Two Mile Borris

Vee Rovers finished out what has been a disappointing season for them with another defeat on Sunday, when they hosted Two Mile Borris in Clogheen.

The home side will play their football in the First Division next season and will be glad to see the end of this one, after suffering another defeat against a young Borris side that will hope to consolidate themselves after a good year and hopefully push on to better things in the future.

The away side were well on top in the first half and created a number of good chances before finally taking the lead in the 23rd minute. The goal itself was simple enough, a long ball over the top was latched onto by Daniel Rafter and he fired home against the stranded home keeper.

Three minutes later, the hosts were caught again in an almost identical situation, unable to deal with a long ball into their area, and again Rafter made them pay by sweeping home his and his side’s second goal.

The game settled a little after that and Vee Rovers would have hoped to get to the break and regroup without conceding further, but they were caught out again two minutes before the break when Zack Hackett produced a tidy finish to send his side into half time 3-0 to the good.

The second period was a more even affair with both sides making chances, but it was again Borris who finally made one count in the 72nd minute when Urban Nolan got a fourth for his side.
Ten minutes from time, the home side got a deserved goal thanks to a sublime effort by Mark Hayde, but it was too little too late to make any real difference.