Mount Leinster Rangers 1-20
St Mullin's 0-11

Mount Leinster Rangers maintained their vice like grip on the Carlow SHC silverware with a comprehensive final victory over parish rivals St Mullin's at Dr Cullen Park yesterday.

The defending champions never looked back after Paul Coady opened the scoring with a point.

Right corner-forward Denis Murphy notched the game's only goal in the first half and the defending champions held a 1-10 to 0-7 interval advantage.

They proceeded to outscore their opponents by 10 points to four in the second half to run out convincing winners and make it three senior hurling titles in a row.

Murphy top scored for the winners with 1-8.

Mount Leinster Rangers - F Foley; M Doyle, G Doyle, G Kelly; Diarmuid Byrne (0-2), R Coady, B Nolan; Derek Byrne, P Nolan; P Coady (0-2), E Byrne (0-1), D Phelan; D Murphy (1-7, 5f), J Coady (0-5), H P O'Byrne (0-2). Subs: E Doyle for O'Byrne, E Coady for Derek Byrne, W Hickey (0-1) for Phelan, J Murphy for Diarmuid Byrne, D Grennan for P Coady.

St Mullin's - K Kehoe; M Dreelan, T Doyle, M Kehoe; J Doran, D Whelan, P Doyle; J Kavanagh (0-2), P Kehoe; J Murphy, P Kehoe, O Boland; M Kavanagh (0-8, 65, 1'65), J Doyle, G Bennett (0-1). Subs: J Walsh for Boland, P Walsh for Bennett, S Murphy for P Doyle, M Walsh for J Doyle.

Referee - P Murphy. Tweet

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