McKenna fires Exiles

WARWICKSHIRE 1-23 ROSCOMMON 3-10

A COMPOSED display in Dr Hyde Park earned the Exiles a place in the Division 3A Final.

Roscommon were unable to contain Niall McKenna who scored an impressive 1-7 in the first half.

The sides were level, 3-6 to 1-12, at the interval after goals from Naos Connaughton, Robbie Fallon and Cormac Kelly for the hosts. But points from Shane Caulfield, Ian Dwyer, Gary Lennon, Niall McKenna, Domhnaill Nugent and Kelvin McGee saw Warwickshire take a 1-18 to 3-7 lead into the final quarter. Roscommon’s Paul Kenny was red-carded at full-time.

SCORERS – Warwickshire: N McKenna 1-10 (5fs); I Dwyer 0-3; P Hoban (2f), G Lennon, D Nugent 0-2 each; J Collins, S Caulfield (1f), P Uniacke, K Magee 0-1 each. Roscommon: S Curley 0-6 (2fs); C Kelly 1-2; N Connaughton, R Kelly 1-0 each; J Keane (f), D Glynn (f) 0-1 each.

WARWICKSHIRE – C Robbins 6; D Bruen 6, A Downey 6, M O’Regan 7; P Scally 6, P Hoban 8, D Kennedy 7; J Collins 7, S Caulfield 8; N McKenna 9, P Uniacke 8, G Lennon 8; I Dwyer 8, D Nugent 8 C McBride 6. Subs: K McGee 7 for P Scally (41), K Boxwell 6 for C McBride (48), T Kelly 5 for A Downey (58), P. Crehan 5 for I Dwyer (58).

ROSCOMMON – J Keane 7; P Nolan 8, P Kellehan 6, A Moore 6; J Kilkenny 6, P Kenny 6, M Beirne 6; K Hardiman 6, S Curley 8; D Glynn 6, C Kelly 7, N Connaughton 7; R Fallon 7, K Egan 6, J Murray 6. Subs: E Flanagan for D Glynn (41), W Boyle for J. Kilkenny (50), D Heavey for M. Byrne, J. Brennan for J. Murray, G Egan for K Hardiman (all 57).

REF – S Hynes (Galway)