St Peter's, Dunboyne 0-17 Trim 1-14

A draw was probably the fairest outcome as the home side eventually got their season off the ground with a draw having trailed for the majority of the contest. 

An early Trim goal gave Ken Robinson's team an advantage they resiliently kept until well down the home straight. However, with Donal Lenihan, Cian Smith, Luke Carolan and Ross Reynolds in fine shooting form, Dunboyne had the margin down to a point, 0-10 to 1-08 by the short whistle. 

Indeed, it was briefly felt the locals had levelled matters on the call of half time but a Lenihan score was (correctly) downgraded from orange to white by referee Stephen Cregan. 

The point for point nature of the exchanges continued after half time and, though they had Eric Lowndes and the introduced Harry Healy particularly impressing after the break, the ten time Mooney Cup finalists appeared to be undone when the reds hit the bullseye with a double of their own. 

Not so however, as a rapid restart and brilliant work by Jack Hayes saw them work the ball up the field and manufacture an equaliser their obduracy deserved but which they could very easily have coughed up. 

St Peter's - J. Dillon; A. Howlin, C. Lowndes, J. Hayes; C. Smith (0-1), S. McEntee, M. Furlong; F. Waters, L. Carolan (0-1); J. Gleeson, E. Lowndes, N. Jones (0-1); R. Reynolds (0-2), D. Lenihan (0-9, 1x2 PT F, 4F) D. Hickey (0-3, 1x2PT). 

Subs - H. Healy for Waters, C. Tobin for C. Lowndes, P. Dempsey for Jones, M. Murphy for Reynolds. 

Referee - Stephen Cregan (Dunshaughlin/Royal Gaels) 

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