Oldcastle 4-11 St. Pats 0-10

Oldcastle turned in a very impressive display to see off one of the favourites, St. Pats, for the Mattie McDonnell Cup in this opening round of the IFC played in splendid conditions at Pairc Tailteann.

From the word go the Stamullen men had no answer to the pace and hunger of Brian Donohoe’s charges.

Rory Crawley making his senior debut got the games first goal after ten minutes and further points from the impressive CJ Healy, Robbie Farrelly and Keith Connell gave the North Meath club a deserved 1-8 to 0-3 interval lead.

Jamie Murphy who was well marshalled by Oldcastle full back Cian McPartland added a brace to his sides tally before goal number two arrived for the winners, Keith Connell with an unstoppable shot.

Within the next ten minutes Oldcastle had the points in the bag with goals from half back James Cooke, after a brilliant pass from Jason Scully, and Pearse Sheridan. 

Next up for the winners are Drumbaragh while St. Pats take on Moynalvey.

Oldcastle: Conor McHugh, Oran O'Reilly, Cian McPartland, Dylan Garrigan; James Cooke (1-0), Steven Lawless, Lee Healy, Pearse Sheridan (1-1), Oran Mulvanny, Ronan Maguire, CJ Healy (0-5), Keith Connell (1-1), Jason Scully, Robbie Farrelly (0-4), Rory Crawley (1-0). Subs: Conor Delaney, Darren Hawdon, Paul Hennessy, Louis Colleran, James Gibney

Referee Joseph Curran

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