Counsel suffer big defeat

nice sixth-minute point but it was a rare bright spot against a raft of South Dublin scores.

The impressive Jack Kielthy had three points for the Metropolitans, while Evin Dowling had four, as they moved 0-10 to 0-1 ahead, after firing ten wides, with 29 minutes gone.

If the New Ross boys could have kept their opponents from finding the net before the break, then maybe they would have retained some slim hope. However, it wasn’t to be as first Kielthy raced away for a major and then Dowling found the net with a longrange free.

Down by 2-10 to 0-1, a good start was imperative for Counsel. Painfully, within minutes of the re-start Kielthy pulled home at the second time of asking to increase the advantage to 19.

To their credit, Good Counsel kept battling and were only outscored by 0-8 to 0-6 in the last 27 minutes. Rathnure’s Owen Lennon registered a couple of dead-balls before Cian Byrne did likewise.

Colman O’Sullivan picked off one of the points of the game, dancing away to the right, past two tackles and finishing with a super strike with ten minutes to go. A raft of changes broke up the last quarter but Lennon did add another score right at the death.

Good Counsel must now regroup as they will need to be at their best when they are back in action in the Barry Cup in the coming weeks.