SYDDAN 4-16 BALLINLOUGH 2-9

SYDDAN picked up another brace of points in their efforts to pull clear of the relegation zone when overcoming the hosts in a one-sided contest at Kilskyre on Sunday morning.

The home side were seeking their first win of the campaign and their prospects of victory had all but disappeared by the end of the opening quarter after Syddan raced into a 1-9 to 0-0 lead.

Daire Rowe contributed five points in that blistering start while Fiachra Ross struck for the goal on 13 minutes.

Tommy McCullen eventually got the home side off the mark and Mark McCullen had a goal on 22 minutes but by half-time Syddan had eased into a 2-13 to 1-2 lead.

Daire Rowe and Ross kept the scoreboard ticking over in that second quarter while Cormac Rowe accounted for Syddan's second goal approaching half-time.

Brian Dillon added goal number three two minutes after the restart but Syddan didn't score again until Daire Rowe converted a free on 50 minutes.

Ballinlough hit five successive points in that spell including four from Peadar Byrne frees.

Daire Rowe took his tally to 1-9 after converting a penalty on 55 minutes.

Mark McCullen blasted a close range free to the net for Ballinlough's second goal near the finish.

SYDDAN - Ciaran Farrelly; Kevin Garland, Ben Bashford, Cormac Rafferty; Gary McManus, Ronan Mooney, Mark Fedigan 0-1; Gary Farrelly 0-1, Sean Clare; Michael Fedigan, Cormac Rowe 1-1, Fiachra Ross 1-1; Graham Garland, Brian Dillon 1-2, Daire Rowe 1-9 (1-0 pen, 4fs). Subs - Jack Reid for Bashford, Stuart Fedigan 0-1 for Ross, Andrew Garland for G Farrelly, Cathal Dardis for D Rowe, Robbie Farrelly for Mark Fedigan.

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