The U17 boys concluded their league season with an away match to league winners Freebooters. Thomastown started well & dominated territory & possession but fell behind to a fluke of a goal after 15 minutes. An attempted cross got caught by the strong wing & flew into the top corner. Such was Thomastown’s dominance before the goal it was the first time goalkeeper Oisin O’ Reilly had touched the ball when picking it out of the net. Things got worse 5 minutes later when Freebooters broke & made it 2 nil. The away teams heads didn’t drop & they created plenty of chances. Aaron Hughes was denied twice by the keeper when through on goal. Eanna O’Keeffe rattled the crossbar & Cian Courtney had a shot saved by the keeper. Thomastown eventually got one back when Jamie Naddy nodded in from Jack Hearne’s corner. The equaliser came 5 minutes before half time when Conor Monks rifled in a left foot shot from the edge of the box. At half time it was 2 apiece. The start of the second half was a more even affair but as the half wore on Oisin was the busier of the keepers. Thomastown took the lead though when Aaron Hughes won the ball & laid it of to strike partner Cian Courtney who played a superb return pass which put Aaron through on goal. This time Aaron made no mistake with a tidy finish to put Thomastown 3-2 up. Booters piled on the pressure & managed to level it up with 5 minutes to go but Thomastown held on for a deserved 3-3 draw. Tyler Nolan at centre back was exceptional throughout the 90 minutes but man of the match goes to birthday boy Aaron Hughes. His power & pace caused Freebooters all sorts of problems for the full 90 minutes & he could have scored 4 or 5. Overall it was a brilliant performance from the boys & all the better considering Booters had won every game en route to winning the league & were at full strength.

Team - Oisin O’ Reilly, Jamie Naddy, Jack Kiely, Tyler Nolan, Jack Hearne, Eanna O’ Keeffe, Conor Monks, Jimmy Maher(C), Adam Arthurs, Aaron Hughes, Cian Courtney, Conall Tobin, Tadgh Ryan.