Dunsany 2-10
St. Ultans 1-11

Second half goals from Ger O'Neill and Brian Kenny were the deciding factor in this B League Division 3 encounter in Bohermeen on Monday evening.

Dunsany opened the scoring with a Niall Flynn free which was soon followed up by a score from full forward Andrew Keena.St.Ultans,with the aid of a strong breeze,kicked 4 unanswered points in 10 minutes to give them a 2 point lead.Both sides traded points after this with Flynn and Andrew Keena again the scorers for the men in red.These were to be the last scores of the half and the home side held a slender 2 point advantage at the interval, St. Ultans 0-6 Dunsany 0-4

Dunsany started the second half strongly with a Sean Doyle point inside 30 seconds. The strong wind was proving a problem for St. Ultans keeper Cian Farnan and Dunsany began to gain a foothold around the middle but could not find the scores. St. Ultans then scored there first point of the half in the 36th minute to restore their 2 point advantage. St.Ultans began to take control of the game and kicked 4 unanswered points. These were soon followed a good goal from the men in black and green. At this point it looked as though Ultans were going to cruise to a convincing win but Dunsany were determined to keep fighting. Points from Kevin Keena(2) and Doyle cut the gap before substitute Josh Dennehy was dragged down in the square. Ger O'Neill's penalty was well saved by Farnan but he hammered home the rebound to reduce the gap to the minimum. Another two St.Ultans points seemed to settle the ship but Dunsany would not give up. Kevin Keena picked up his third point of the match before full back Brian Kenny found himself on the edge of the square. He managed to get his fist on a long ball and fired home to give Dunsany the lead for the first time since the 12th minute. The Dunsany rearguard came under serious pressure in the dying minutes as Ultans went in search of an equaliser but they could not find a way through. Dunsany managed another point when Flynn found himself in space and he tapped over to stretch his sides lead. This was to be the final score of the game and Dunsany picked up their first points of their league campaign.

Best for the winners were Kenny, Johnny Gilsenan, Martin Horan, Flynn, Doyle and Keena.

Dunsany: N.Duffy; M.Munnelly, B.Kenny(1-0), C.Gaughan; J.Gilsenan, P.McGovern, P.Dunne; M.Horan, N.Flynn(0-3,2f); D.Thynne, K.Keena(0-3), S.Doyle(0-2); G.O'Neill(1-0), A.Keena(0-2), B.Smyth. Subs: P.Grimes for Dunne, J.Dennehy for Smyth(Both HT).

Scorers for Ultans - Ciaran Rogers 0-8, Mark Allen 1-0, Colm Travers 0-1, Conor Smyth 0-1, Alan Rogers 0-1.

Best for Ultans - Paidin Boggins, Gordon Finnegan, Tommy Fitzsimons, Ciaran Rogers and Mark Allen.

St Ultans - Cian Farnan, Shane Dolan, Barry Brady, Conor Martin, Tommy Fitzsimons, Chris Murray, Paidin Boggins, Alan Rogers, Gordon Finnegan, Ciaran Coffey, Jamie Coogan, Andrew Barry, Mark Allen, Ciaran Rogers, Conor Smyth. Sub: Colm Travers for Mark Allen. Tweet

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