Saints bounce back

ST FECHINS GLEN EMMETS 1-16 0-6

ST FECHINS bounced back from successive defeats as they recorded a comfortable win over Glen Emmets in Tullyallen.

The home side made the brighter start, but the Fechins took a grip of the match and moved three clear with Bevan Duffy, Karl McDonnell and Joseph Corrigan on target. A goal on 29 minutes from substitute Donal Ryan followed by two Ronan Holcroft points saw the visitors go in at the break with a very healthy 1-8 to 0-3 lead.

Any hope of an Emmets comeback disappeared in the third quarter as St Fechins kicked three unanswered points from McDonnell, Holcroft and Niall Devlin.

The home side battled on and pointed through Damien Grimes, Butler and Conor Grimes but the Fechins never looked in danger. ST FECHINS: Niall McDonnell; Leo McGrane, Niall McCabe, Niall Carolan; Matthew Flanagan, Paul Matthews, Conor Haughney; Brian Devlin 0-2, Bevan Duffy 0-1; Niall Devlin 0-1, Joseph Corrigan 0-2, Harry Haughney 0-1; Karl McDonnell 0-2, Ronan Holcroft 0-4, Colm O’Neill 0-2. Subs: Donal Ryan 1-0, Gerry Campbell 0-1, Sean McConnell, Pete Murphy, Alex Smith, Conor Phillips.

GLEN EMMETS: Conor Kelly; Tom Grimes, Andrew Mooney, Keith Boylan; Stephen Healy, Evan Lynch, Sam Kenny; Mark Garvey, Robbie Byrne; Keelan O’Neill 0-1, Ben Hilliard, James Butler 0-3; Keith Lynch, Conor Grimes 0-2, Ian Cusack. Subs: E English for A Mooney, I Walsh for K O’Neill, D Grimes 0-1 for B Hilliard, J Farnan for E Lynch, Gordon Healy for R Byrne, N Hackett for G Healy.