Donaghmore Ashbourne 3-17 Na Fianna 0-7

Donaghmore Ashbourne got their season off to a flying start with big win against the side they lost out to in last years Championship quater final at Ashbourne on Saturday evening.

Playing with the advantage of a strong breeze the home side raced into an early lead with goals from Bryan Menton and Aidan Hughes and led at half time by 2 - 12 to a single point. Na Fianna scored two early points after the interval but were outscored in the second half by 1 - 4 to 0 - 6, the third DonAsh goal coming from Shaun Byrne.

Donaghmore Ashbourne : Andy Colgan, JP Casserly, Cormac McGill, Jason Boland, Thomas McGovern, Shane Melia 0 - 1, Paul Gilligan 0 - 3 all frees, Conor Carey, Sean Curran 0 - 2, Conor Carton 0 - 2, Bryan Menton 1 - 2, Shaun Byrne 1 - 3, 2f, Aidan Hughes 1 - 0, Cahal Field 0 - 1 and Ciaran Ellis 0-3 Subs: James Colgan for Jason Boland, Eric Calaghan for Aidan Hughes, Dylan Brady for Ciaran Ellis, Daryl Lawlor for JP Casserly, David Dowd for Shaun Byrne and Iarlath O'Donnell for Cahal Field.

Na Fianna Report

Donaghmore/Ashbourne Too Strong for Na Fianna

Na Fianna: 0-7 Don/Ash: 3-17

Donaghmore/Ashbourne had too much for Na Fianna on Saturday night in Ashbourne as they inflicted a heavy defeat on the South Meath side in the first round of the AFL.

Bryan Menton had the ball in the net in the first minute and it was always going to be uphill from there for a youthful Na Fianna side. At half time the lead was 2-13 to 0-1 with the game over as a contest.

Na Fianna host St Pat's on Sunday in the second round and will hope to show a vast improvement to get an important win.

Na Fianna: Shane Geraghty, John Baldwin, Daniel Gleeson, Rob Walsh, Micky Collins (0-1), Ciaran Holton, Damien Downey, Ollie Lewis, Cian Slattery, Daniel Queeney (0-2), Harry Silke (0-1), Peter Slevin, Barry Clancy (0-1), James Geagan, Barry Slevin (0-1). Subs: Lee Hyland (0-1), Paul Kennedy, Andrew Glynn, Jamie McCormack.

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