Navan O’Mahony’s 0-07 St Colmcilles 2-10

St Colmcilles had too much in the tank for Navan O’Mahony’s in this Round 7 encounter of the Div 1 FL played in Paddy O’Brien Park on Saturday afternoon.

The visitors kicked two points in the opening minutes and extended their lead with a goal in the ninth, putting them five points ahead. Another point followed before Duggie Dillon opened the scoring for Navan O’Mahony’s. in the fourteenth minute with a point. 

St Colmcilles responded quickly with two points and ten minutes passed before Robbie Keelaghan kicked the second point. Towards the end of the half Niall McGrane kicked an impressive point from a wide angle to finish out the half. 

Navan O’Mahony’s 0-03 St Colmcilles 1-06

Things did not improve for the Brews Hill men in the second half, and St Colmcilles extended their lead with a pointed free in the opening minutes. Jake Regan responded with a free in the tenth minute, having been unlucky for a goal opportunity minutes before. 

At the opposite end of the pitch, St Colmcilles raised another white flag and in the eighteenth minute of the second half, sent a ball to the net to finish off the game as any kind of a contest. 

The sides exchanged points for the remainder of the game, with Aodhan Mallon and Keelaghan scoring for Navan O’Mahony’s but it was St Colmcilles who take the points on offer.

Navan O’Mahony’s: Niall Devlin, Darragh Murphy, Mike O’Reilly, Sam Formosa, Sean Betson, Darragh Maguire, Aodhan Mallon (0-01), Conor Brady, Evan Coffey, Conor Finnegan, Robbie Keelaghan (0-02), Niall McGrane (0-01), Craig Munnelly O’Toole, Duggie Dillon (0-01), Cormac Keyes

Subs: Jake Regan (0-02) for Brady, Evan Brady for Dillon, Ivo Fitzherbert for Keyes

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