St. Michaels 3-15, Donaghmore Ashbourne 1-12

A five star display from attacker Shane McDonnell was the scaffold used by St. Michaels to construct a gritty division 3 away win.

McDonnell was in fine fettle throughout and bagged 1-3 in the opening half alone and he was ably assisted by corner back Cathal Walsh who broke through the home defence for a well struck second goal at the end of the first quarter. 

The opening half was a fluid and closely contested affair which kept the very small attendance interested throughout as the home side led by a single point at the short whistle 1-09 to 2-05. A point apiece from Paddy Tobin and Paddy Fitzsimons completed the first half scoring for the visitors.           

The second half was all St. Michaels and it was barely a minute old when Fitzsimons bagged his sides third major after been put through by McDonnell and McDonnell himself added nine of his sides next ten second half minors ( 1 x 2p ) with substitute Lee Morris chipping over the last score of the evening on 57 minutes for his sides well deserved victory.                                                                                                            

St. Michaels scorers: Shane McDonnell 1-12 (1 x 2p), Paddy Fitzsimons 1-01, Cathal Walsh 1-0, Paddy Tobin & Lee Morris 0-1 each. 

St. Michaels team and scorers: Graham Dooner: Cathal Walsh, Ciaran O'Reilly, Jack Griffin; Daniel Murphy, Brian O'Reilly, Mathew Moriarty; Cian Sheridan, Matthew Halpin; Declan Reilly, Shane McDonnell, Paddy Tobin; Scott Doyle, Paddy Fitzsimons, Ben Tobin.                                                                 
Subs used:  Lee Morris, Sam Briody, Cian McFadden & Ryan Gaffney.                                                                                    

Referee: Patrick Coyle. 

Match report: Pascal Reilly PRO.                                                                           

                                                               

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