Perfect Barrs remain on top

NH FIONNBARRA OLIVER PLUNKETTS 3-13 1-9

NAOMH Fionnbarra continued their perfect record in Division 2 as they swept past Oliver Plunketts with 10 points to spare in a balmy John Markey Park on Tuesday evening.

It was the men from Mell that had a blistering start with 1-2 on the scoreboard after two minutes. The Barrs responded with a good move that ended in a lovely point from play from Bernard Osborne a minute later.

A barren spell of seven minutes was ended by a free from William Woods after he himself was fouled, before Woods and Jack Butterly added further points to reduce the gap to 1-2 to 0-4.

The Barrs burst to life on 22 minutes as they finally clicked with a flowing move involving Hugh Osborne, Bernard Osborne and Woods with Hugh Osborne scoring an excellent goal to help the hosts lead by 1-5 to 1-4 at the break.

The Barrs struck early points from Woods and Butterly but the Plunketts hit back to level with scores from Emmet Kelleher, Conor Early and Robbie Brodigan. The next four points were shared to leave the game tied with nine minutes remaining but it was the Barrs who dominated the closing stages and goals from Conor Osborne and Jack Butterly saw them record another impressive victory.

NAOMH FIONNBARRA: Daithi Woods; Hugh McGrane, Patrick McGrane, Michael McCardle; Hugh Osborne 1-1, Óisìn McGee, Chris McGlynn; John Doyle, Darren McConnon; Máirtìn Murphy, Conor Osborne 1-0, Pádraig Butterly; Jack Butterly 1-3, Bernard Osborne 0-1, William Woods 0-8(3fr). Subs: Niall Woods for J Doyle, Nicholas Butterly for C Osborne, Caolan Leech for W Woods.

OLIVER PLUNKETTS: Luke Haggins; Barry Reynolds, Frank Daly, Killian Matthews; Gary Keogh, James Quinn, Cian Matthews; Robbie Brodigan 0-2, Adam Brodigan; Conor Early 0-1, Emmet Kelleher 1-2, David Lambe; Niall Murtagh 0-2, Trevor Walsh 0-1, Gerard Horan 0-1.