Naps sink Mitchels

NA PIARSAIGH JOHN MITCHELS 2-15 0-10

NA Piarsaigh continued their good start to the season with a victory at home to John Mitchels on Sunday.

The Dundalk men emerged with 11 points to spare in the end but it wasn’t until the second half when they played with the wind at their backs that they really got on top.

The Mitchels had the advantage of the elements in the opening period and coming up to the short whistle the teams were level at five points apiece. In the closing moments Na Piarsaigh were awarded a penalty and Mark Larkin made no mistake to send his team in with a 1-5 to 0-5 lead.

The second half saw the home side add ten points to their tally while they completed the victory with a second goal from Larkin. NA PIARSAIGH: Damien McCrink; Fergal Mulholland, Ronan McCartney 0-1, Darragh Jackson; Ciaran Murphy 0-3, Joe Woods, Conall Shields; Gerard Smyth, Michael Woods 0-1; Mark Larkin 2-4, Gavin McGee, Robbie Murphy 0-3; Alan McCartney 0-1, Aaron Mulligan, Niall Franklin 0-1. Subs: Peter Gallagher, Stephen Arrowsmith 0-1, Mark O’Hare, Shane Roddy, John Garvey.

JOHN MITCHELS: David Anderson; Aaron Kane, Emmet Farrell, Connell Keenan; Ryan Carroll, Sean Sweeney, Anthony Coyle; Kevin Gallagher 0-2, Aaron Keely 0-1; James Clarke, Alan Mackin, Trevor Matthews 0-1; Diarmuid Durnin 0-2, Barry Kirk, Robbie Coyle 0-3. Subs: Stephen Coyle 0-1 for A Mackin, Ben O‘Brien for A Keely.