Rovers hunt down Saints

HUNTERSTOWN ROVERS ST MOCHTAS 4-10 1-8

IN the battle of two in-form sides it was Hunterstown Rovers who came out on top after turning in impressive display away to St Mochtas.

The victory sees the visitors remain top of the table alongside O Raghallaighs with three wins from their opening three outings.

Hunterstown Rovers got off to a flying start and on eight minutes Ryan Burns had the ball in the back of the net to keep his side on top. The Mochtas barely had time to recover from that blow when Burns added a second goal to put his side firmly in control.

The home side regrouped after that but at the break they were facing an uphill task as they went in trailing by 2-5 to 0-6.

Rovers made sure of victory when Brendan Lennon and Paul Carrie added goals inside the third quarter.

St Mochtas battled until the end and Cormac Smyth grabbed a consolation goal. HUNTERSTOWN ROVERS: Niall Carrie; Brian Matthews, Richard Taaffe, Martin Lennon; Eddie Burke, Patrick Taaffe, Robert McNiece; Tony McKenna, Ryan Ward; Brendan Lennon 1-2, Mark Brennan, Conor Matthews; Paul Carrie 1-3, Ryan Burns 2-1, Glen Matthews 0-3. Subs: Robert Brennan for R Burns, Paddy Mooney for T McKenna, Marc Ward for R McNiece, Alan Landy 0-1 for M Brennan.

ST MOCHTAS: Fergus English; Liam Lawlor, Philip Englishby, David Lennon; Andrew English, Darren McMahon, Cormac Callan; Eamonn O’Neill 0-2, Gareth O’Reilly 0-1; Barry Mulholland, Brendan Duff, Stephen McCooey 0-1; Gerry Garland 0-1, Danny Kindlon 0-1, Declan Byrne 0-2. Subs: Liam McGranaghan for A English, Nigel Farrell for B Duff, Tommy Kindlon for P Englishby, Cormac Smyth 1-0 for S McCooey.

Fixtures

Tuesday 24th April U12 Division 3 Wednesday 25th April Division 3 The Argus U14 Division 1