Syddan flourish in vain as Navan take the points
NAVAN O’MAHONY’S turned the screw in the third quarter to finish comfortable winners and maintain their 100% winning start to their FL campaign at Paddy O’Brien Park on Sunday.
Following a slow start the hosts led 0-7 to 1-2 at the break and then added a further 2-3 without reply in the third quarter to put the game out of reach.
Padraic Dillon struck for a Syddan goal, his side’s opening score of the second half, on 48 minutes and Gary Farrelly followed up with a similar effort from the next kickout after a mistake by keeper Aaron O’Byrne.
Farrelly’s goal left it 3-2 to
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2-11 and that was as close as Syddan got to threatening their opponents’ advantage. Their only point of the second half came from wing back Stuart Fedigan on the hour mark.
Syddan had made a great start to proceedings with a goal from Gary Farrelly in the opening minute following fine work by Padraic Dillon.
Stephen Bray missed a giltedged chance when crashing a shot against the crossbar from
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2-13 3-3
a couple of metres after five minutes.
Ruairi O Coileain accounted for all of his side’s points in the opening quarter and another effort from the centre forward levelled the sides at 0-4 to 1-1.
O Coileain then pointed his side in front before Daire Rowe, with his second score, levelled matters. Points from Stephen Bray and Shane Gillespie eventually left the town side ahead at the turnaround.
O’Mahony’s hit five wides before O Coileain edged them further ahead on 38 minutes. The eventual winners were well on top at that stage and Gillespie and O Coileain added further points, while new signing Oisin O’Brien slapped to the Syddan net after the ball had rebounded off the woodwork into his path.
A second goal from Stephen Bray left it 2-10 to 1-2 after 44 minutes.
David Bray added to the O’Mahony’s tally with a brace of points when coming off the bench in the second half.
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