Senior Football Dunlavin vs St Pats

 

Dunlavin 1-8

St Pats 1-17

Eoin Horkan

Aughrim

A nine point haul from Tommy Kelly was the difference in Aughrim on Sunday afternoon.

It was the Wicklow town side who won the opening toss of this tie and decided to play with the aid of a strong breeze playing into the clubhouse end for the first half.

After a cagy opening five minutes a free from Brian Doyle settled St Pats into the tie. Within two minutes Tommy Kelly had used that breeze to his advantage firing over the first two pointer of the game. This would be the end of the scoring till after the fifteen minutes as the gap was narrowed when Mark Reid opened up Dunliavin’s account for the day. Just before the twenty minute mark Doyle slotted over from play. The final ten minutes of the half produced a number of scores with the West Wicklow side raising two white flags in a row, the first a dead ball from Tom Doyle, followed by an Eoin Murtagh effort.

In the final four minutes of the half Kelly doubled his tally for the day before Fionn Luddy added another orange flag to leave five points between the sides at the break.

Once the game resumed Kelly extended the lead before the side the opposition narrowed the gap with a fine effort from full back

Tom Moran before wing back Cian Deering sliced a ball over from outside the arc. This early flurry of scores kicked the side in blue and white into action as they hit a huge purple patch running the ball through the lines. It was two dead balls, one each from Doyle and Kelly before the major turning point. One of the late changes before the throw-in Paul Marah found himself in the right place to raise the first green flag of the day. Just before the halfway mark of the second half Kelly managed to slot over another two pointer for his side. Both sides started to empty there benches as it looked like Pats were now striking for home. It was the aforementioned Kelly who got the score of the game pulling on the ball on the ground which flew over the bar from outside the twenty one on an angle. The final score of this patch was a cultured effort from substitute Jordan Petticrew. The last five minutes of this tie saw the side in green and gold narrowing the gap with sub Seán Doyle slotting over before Cian O’ Sullivan rattled the back of the net after he slotted a free. These scores were in between a final effort of the game from Kelly and a trademark score from Dean Healy just before the final whistle.

Dunlavin: Brandon O’ Rourke;MJ Moran, Tom Moran(0-1),Mark Murtagh;Cian Deering(0-2), Eoin Murtagh (0-1), Harry Coleborn,Sean O’ Sullivan,Paul Murtagh;Mark Reid (0-1),James O’ Reilly,Matt Miley; Cian O’ Sullivan(1-1f),Tom Doyle(0-1f),Darragh Corrigan.

Subs Used:Séan Doyle (0-1) for Matt Miley, Seán Phelan for Mark Reid, Garry Allen for Tom Doyle, Darragh Dillon for Darragh Corrigan,James O’Reilly, Daire Dunne for Cian O’ Sullivan.

St Pats:Shane Doyle,Simon Boucher,Johnny Delahunt, Alex Sinnott; Paul Marah(1-0), Paddy O’ Kane,Matthew Traynor;Brian Doyle(0-3 2fs), Lorcan Byrne; Mark O’ Brien, Tommy Kelly(0-9 3fs),Cian O’ Brien,Shane Murley, Dean Healy(0-1), Fionn Luddy(0-2)

Subs Used Paraig Higgins for Johnny Delahunt,Conor O’ Brien for Padraig Higgins Jordan Petticrew(0-1) for Paddy O’ Kane

Referee Kieron Kenny