DefeatforSt. Patrick’sJuniors

The St. Patrick’s junior team suffered a heavy defeat in their 2nd round league match v Mattock Rangers on Sunday morning.

Mattock started well racing into a 1-1 to 0-0 lead after 5 minutes, however a Patrick Kirk goal on the 10th minute brought the Pats back into the game. Mattock added a further point, but even though the Pats had a lot of the ball they were unable to add scores and with poor handling at times, Mattock were able to punish the Pats adding a further 1-2 to their tally.

The Pats continued to have a lot of possession in the final 5 minutes of the half and Jason Woods added 2 points to reduce the gap to 5 points. St. Patricks had two great goal chances towards the end of the half however with both going wide of the posts and they went in at the break with a 5 point deficit; Mattock Rangers 2-4 v St.Patricks 1-2.

Both sides struggled to get going in the 2nd half only adding a point each in the opening 10 minutes. Mattock Rangers however stepped up a gear and added 3-3 in the next 10 minutes and with the Pats struggling in possession, Mattock finished of a convincing 6-9 v 1-4 win.

St.Patricks: Rory Duffy, Aidan Ryan, Daniel Rice, Cormac Barry, Patrick Keenan, Conor Grogan, Kevin White, Ross Murphy, Thomas McCann, Cathal Grogan, Sean Cumiskey, Colin McCann, Jason Woods, Patrick Kirk, Stephen Toner. Subs: Cian Duffy, Shane Murphy, Christopher Mackin, Ciaran McCann, Ultan Murphy.