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Railway Cup Final 2003
Wales 3-13 Scotland 2-7
The combined Universities Gaelic Football team representing Wales lived up to their �invincibles� tag in the programme for the Railway Cup Competition at P�irc Na h�ireann, Birmingham on the weekend of St David�s Day, 1st and 2nd March 2003. Wales, the defending Railway Cup Champions, disposed of the combined Southern Universities in the semi-final and set them up for the final against Scotland who had won the trophy on three consecutive occasions before the Wales team triumph in 2002. Scotland started the game in determined mood and got the better of the early exchanges and after the first fifteen minutes were leading 4 points to 2 with forwards Brendan Skelly, Paul Storan and Mickey Rae (Captain) getting the better of their Welsh counterparts and getting more supply of the ball through their midfield of Ph�draig Carroll and Cathal McGill. In the second quarter however Wales began to find their rhythm and with the help of 2 points in the last few minutes of the first half were leading 6-4 at half time. In the second half, the Scotland universities seemed determined to win back the initiative and building from a solid defence led by Aaron MacHugh (centre back) and Brian Goode (fullback), and strong running from Brendan Skelly who had moved to midfield and Damien Fitzpatrick the sustained period of pressure eventually resulted in a penalty goal expertly converted by Cormac Murray. This was only after a few superb saves from Alan Kealy in the Wales goal and, on two occasions when Kealy was beaten, Tim Foley was on hand to clear off the line. This gave Scotland a slender one-point advantage but this seemed to spur the Welsh dragon into action and they totally dominated the last twenty minutes of the game. Shortly after the Scotland goal, Wales responded with two goals from play with Gary Cunningham, Martin Reilly and Shane Kenny playing tremendous exhibition football and Reilly in particular scoring some excellent long-range points. Meanwhile, the Scottish efforts to get back into the game were effectively resisted by James Galvin who assumed the role of a defensive midfielder, Evan Griffith and Damien Sheridan and, despite a superb individual goal by Mickey Rae for Scotland, this proved to be little consolation in a comprehensive victory for Wales. Wales Team: Alan Kealy, Finbar O'Riley, John Lalley, Evan Griffith, Ross Bh�n, Tim Foley, James Galvin, Enda Garvey, Damien Sheridan, Pat Gayer, Shane Kenny (Captain), Martin Riley, Colm Conlon Gary Cunningham, Paul Freal, Dermot Costello, Paddy Ling,Giaran McGreavy, Paul Jones, Domnic Tomey, David Daily, Shane Galvin.
Scotland Team: John Donnellan, Diarmaid O Dea, Cathal O Neill, Marice Devlin, Aaron Mc Hugh, Gerard Cooper, Cathal McGill, Ph�draig Carroll, Ronan Conway, Stephen Fitzpatrick, Paul Storan, Cormac Murray, Brendan Skelly, Mickey Rae (captain). Substitutes: Frankie Mc Cabe, Martin O Grady, Davitt O Shannon, Dermot Wims.