Div 3 HL: 'Dunneboyne' maintain winning ways

April 01, 2019

Dunboyne's Michael Dunne

St Peters Dunboyne 1-11 Navan O'Mahony's 2-6

St Peter's Dunboyne continued their winning start to the Div 3 hurling league with a single point victory under lights against Navan O'Mahony's in Paddy O'Brien Park on Friday night.

Michael Dunne was the star of the show finishing with a tally of 1-9

Dunboyne led by 6 points to 4 at half time thanks mostly to the accuracy of Michael Dunne from placed balls. This lead was was short lived as Dunboyne conceded 1-1 within a minute of the restart followed up by a sustained period of dominance for O'Mahony's. The key turning point was a long range free that ended up the O'Mahony's net to keep Dunboyne in the game.

Point's from Ben O'Dwyer, Stephen Moran, and Michael Dunne gave Dunboyne a 2 point lead going in to the last 10 minutes and held on for the narrow victory with excellent defending from Darragh Finlay and Joey Crofts. 

Dunboyne: C Gilmartin, D Finlay, A McWeeney, M Dwyer, C Rohan, D Dunne, J Crofts, S Moran (0-1), D Kane, O O'Dwyer, M Dunne (1-9), J O'Connor, B O'Dwyer (0-1), S Clince, C Hutton.


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