Cards galore as ratoath down dunderry

Ratoath survived a stern test from Dunderry in a high-scoring IFC encounter at Walterstown this evening where referee Padraig Coyle issued two black cards to Ratoath players in the opening eight minutes.

Ratoath's Brian O'Connor departed in the sixth minute and goalkeeper Shane Duffy was next to go.

Dunderry lost Conor Dempsey to a second yellow card in the 29th minute and soon after the resumption they had Damien Clarke black-carded.

Ratoath were ahead by 1-6 to 1-5 at the interval, the goal coming from Bryan McMahon inside 60 seconds, but Stephen Coogan found the net for Dunderry from a penalty after the second black card-incident.

Ratoath looked home and hosed 10 minutes into the second-half with a 1-12 to 1-6 lead, but then gutsy Dunderry unleashed a two-goal salvo in the space of 60 seconds with Luke Martyn the hitman - level at 1-12 to 3-6.

Ratoath forged ahead again but when Dunderry were awarded another penalty it gave them a potential lifeline - Coogan's effort went the wrong side of the post and Ratoath capitalised to win by 2-18 to 3-7.