Jason Sherlock rolled back the years when he bagged 2-3 for St. Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh in their 4-15 to 0-13 victory over Round Tower, Clondalkin in the opening round of the Dublin SFC at Russell Park last night.

The former darling of the Hill scored his first goal after just three minutes, and with Alan Brogan kicking some fine points and Paddy McNulty also finding the net, last year's beaten finalists went on to lead by 2-6 to 0-6 at the break.

Chris Carty and Conor Le Strange did their best to keep the Clondalkin men in touch, but Plunkett's had too much class and ran out easy winners thanks to further goals from Sherlock and Bernard Brogan, who was introduced as a substitute.

Scorers - St Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh: J Sherlock 2-3, A Brogan 0-5, B Brogan 1-1, P McNulty 1-0, G Smith 0-3 (0-2f), A Moyles 0-2, M Brides 0-1. Round Towers, Clondalkin: C Carty (0-1f), C Le Strange (0-3f), 0-4 each, I Ward 0-2, J Kelly, B Keane, L Connolly 0-1 each.

ST OLIVER PLUNKETT'S/EOGHAN RUADH - Philip Brogan; R O'Connor, S Lyons, M Brides; C Walsh, L Fleming, D Lally; C Dunleavy, A Moyles; D Kelly, A Darcy, A Brogan; G Smith, P McNulty, J Sherlock. Subs: B Brogan for Darcy (ht), P Houlihan for Kelly (49), P Bergin for Fleming (56), S Dunne for Moyles (58), E O'Sullivan for Dunleavy (60).

ROUND TOWER, CLONDALKIN - K Graham; J Kelly, T Lyons, J McCarty; B Keane, I Ward, B Costello; S McGuinness, D Murray; J Joyce, C Carty, L Connolly; C Corrigan, C Le Strange, S Halpin. Subs: C McGrath for Lyons (19), M Smith for Halpin (49), P Stynes for Corrigan (54).

REF- P McCabe (Fingallians). Tweet

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