SEAN WALL

SYDDAN WALTERSTOWN 3-11 0-18

SYDDAN need just a single point from their three remaining games to be certain of promotion to Division 1 after Daire Rowe’s dramatic late goal preserved their unbeaten run in Walterstown.

Understrength Walterstown seemed headed for a shock win after Cormac Madden pointed them ahead from a 35-metre free as the clocked ticked over the hour mark. However, a move started in their own backline ended with Rowe shooting to the net via the butt of a post a minute into added time.

Following a slow start Syddan led by five points in the opening half, but they could never shake off their tenacious opponents who edged ahead at one stage before Syddan eventually enjoyed a 1-8 to 0-9 interval lead.

Syddan were never headed in the second half until that late Madden point, which was the Walterstown man’s ninth of the game.

Rowe also accounted for Syddan’s opening-half goal after