Blues in form

penalty early in the second half but any thoughts of a comeback were effectively ended when Nally got in for his second goal. Although subs Jamie Rooney, Cian Commins and Alan Kirk hit the target for the Marys, the Blues were always in control and scorers from Andy McDonnell, Conor Moore and Robert Carr helped them ease to a comfortable win.

NEWTOWN BLUES: Dean Martin; Paul Kellegher, Aidan O’Brien, Paul Moore; Alan Connor 0-2, Fergal O’Donoghue, John Connolly; Stephen Moonan, Kevin Carr 0-1; Robert Carr 0-3, Jamie Kelly, Andy McDonnell 0-3; Colm Judge, Ross Nally 2-8, Conor Moore 0-1. Sub: Jimmy Murray for P Moore.

ST MARYS: Alan McGauley; Brendan Matthews, Philip Traynor, Donal McKenny; Liam Jackson 1-0, Karl Faulkner, Kian Moran 0-2; Eimhin Keenan, Robbie Leavy; Dean Matthews 0-1, Ronan Carroll, Daire McConnon 0-1; Mark Fay, Conor Gillespie 0-1, Darren Clarke 0-5. Subs: Jamie Rooney 0-1 for D Matthews, Alan Kirk for C Gillespie, Joe Mulholland for R Leavy , Cian Commins 0-1 for M Fay.