Dublin South8-11 St Mary’s, Enniscorthy2-9
A LATE-goal blitz proved decisive for Dublin South at Sancta Maria College yesterday.
Leading by 3-8 to 2-8 with five minutes left, Dublin South finished with goals from Glen Whelan (2), and one each from Niko Salvino, Stephen Harrington and Brian McCarty. The Dublin side’s Karl Russell landed a third-minute goal and Naoise Greene’s goal before half-time gave them 2-4 to 0-5 lead.
Greene hit a second goal three minutes after the break but Enniscorthy hit back with a penalty from Farrell and on 49 minutes when Seán O’Gorman goaled but then came the Dublin rally.
SOUTH DUBLIN: E Prendergast; T McGreevey, F O’Donoghue, P Maken; D Butler (0-1), T Devlin, J Barnes; B McCarty (1-2), G Whelan; R McGowan, K McMahon, K Kelly (0-3, one free); N Greene (2-1), C Kavanagh (0-1), K Russell (1-1). Subs: S Harrington (1-1) for Kavanagh half-time, N Salvino (1-0) for Russell 40 mins, A Jermyn (0-1) 52 mins.
ST MARY’S, ENNISCORTHY: S Murphy; K Foley, M Doyle, B Ronan; A Roche, D Dunne, B O’Neill; P O’Leary (0-2), D Cullen; J White (0-1), D O’Neill, W Furlong; S O’Gorman (1-0), B Kearney (0-2, one free), R Farrell (1-4, 1-0 pen, three frees). Subs: K Ryan for D O’Neill 36 mins, D Breen for Ronan 36 mins, L Murphy for Foley 45 mins.
Referee: S Burke.
