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finished it to get their side going.
Suddenly the confidence started to ooze from the New Ross District side. Molloy kicked a classy point before Eoin Whelan claimed a kick-out and picked out Morgan Ellis, with the Fethard forward burying his finish past Martin Doyle.
Intensity ratcheted up, Fethard won a penalty when Cian Swan was hauled down close to goal and Cian Byrne stepped up to calmly stroke it past Doyle to make it 3-1 to 1-3. Conor Dawson and Molloy exchanged points before the break, leaving the eventual champions four ahead.
That advantage shrunk quickly down to one point following scores from Liam Doyle (two) and Hennebry after the re-start (1-7 to 3-2). It took them seven more minutes to find an equaliser but when Hennebry notched his fourth minor Ballyhogue had all the momentum.
However, they failed to score again and Fethard re-doubled their efforts. Molloy rocketed home his second major from another Baker assist and raced away four minutes later to notch a third.
When Seán Nunan popped over a lovely point with two minutes to go to put seven between the sides, the game was up for Ballyhogue.
Fethard will now represent their county in Division 7 of the national competition. They will be hosted by Monaghan club Seán McDermotts and will also feature in Group D with Patrick Emmetts (Monaghan) and Carlow’s ‘B’ winners. PLAYING WITH great fluency throughout, Davidstown-Courtnacuddy won their Féile Peil Under-14 Davision 3 final with some ease over St. Mary’s (Rosslare) in the final played in Oylegate.
They were never led in this game as they took the initiative from the opening exchanges with Barry Hassey and Cillian Doyle dominant in midfield, while Conal Kervick played excellent attacking football from the centre-forward position.
St. Mary’s battled right through the 40 minutes but they lacked the individual dominance as shown by the opposition in key positions. As a result they struggled for scores as the attack received a very limited supply of quality ball.
Conal Kervick opened the scoring with a point inside the opening minute, while two minutes later skilful wing-forward Seán Fitzpatrick finished a move with an excellent shot to the corner of the net. After Oisín Hayes pointed, they went on to extend their lead through Fitzpatrick’s second goal after eleven minutes.
With Alex Looney and Adam Mackey striving to get St. Mary’s back into the game, their hopes were lifted when William Lyng finished an excellent move to the net, but he eventual winners still led by 2-3 to