St Ultans 2-16 Dunderry 0-9
St Ultans lie top of their Division 4 B FL group after beating Dunderry 2-16 to 0-09 on Monday evening. The home team, Dunderry, opened the brighter with the first score of the game after three minutes. The first half was nip and tuck with both defences on top.
St Ultans corner forward Tadgh Ratty opened his and his teams account with a point in the fifth minute. Paddy McLoughlin followed with his first from distance. St Ultans continued to build on their lead through points from Paudin Boggins, Stephen Quirke and Eoin Kavanagh.
The men in green and black were wasteful at times during the first half and were made pay when Dunderry scored a brace of points before half-time to leave the teams level going in at the break, five points apiece.
It was the third quarter of the game when Ultans did the most damage. Scoring 1-03 without reply in the first four minutes after the re-start. All three points coming from Ratty, it was full forward Paul Murray with the goal.
Dunderry rallied and scored the next three points, however further points from Stephen Quirke and Barry Brady kept the Ultans out of reach. It was at this stage Dunderry began their onslaught on the Ultans goal. Keith Hennessy was called into action with a good safe after 31 minutes, from that counterattack Barry Brady scored his second of the game for Ultans.
The home side showed plenty of fight in search of a goal though. And when Ultans goalie Hennessy made another fine safe the referee adjudged the ball had been touched on the ground by an Ultans defender attempting to clear the rebound and awarded a penalty to Dunderry. The penalty was a pile driver, high to the goalie's right, however Hennessy guessed right and managed to get a strong arm to it. It was a great penalty and an even better safe.
Three minutes later Ultans had their own penalty when Barry Brady was fouled in the square. Eoin Kavanagh stepped up and struck an unstoppable shot to the back of the net. Ultans were unrelenting from that point. Outscoring their opponents five points to one in the final ten minutes with points from Quirke, Ratty, Kavanagh and substitute Dylan Bryne.
The final score of the game through great play from substitutes Aaron Ball and Conor Martin. Ball gave a cross-field ball into the path of Martin who swung it over with the left peg.
Up next for St Ultans is Longwood in the A-league on Saturday.
St Ultans: Keith Hennessy, Eoin McLoughlin, Shane Mulroe, Lee Hennessy, Greg McKeever, Thomas Fitzsimons, Kevin Galligan, Stephen Quirke (0-03), Paddy McLoughlin (0-01), Barry Brady (0-2), Eoin Kavanagh (1-02, 1 pen, 1f), Tadgh Ratty (0-05, 1f), Paul Murray (1-00), Paudin Boggins (0-01). Subs: Kevin Rogers for P McLoughlin, Dylan Byrne (0-01) for Murray, Darren Mallon for Mulroe, Conor Martin (0-1) for Brady, Aaron Ball for Kavanagh.
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