Tones triumph against Duleek/Bellewstown

Wolfe Tones claimed an impressive fourth round SFC victory against Duleek / Bellewstown at Castletown tonight where they recorded a 2-20 to 0-10 success to maintain their push for a place in the knock-out stages.

Apart from the opening quarter when the teams shared 10 points, this was a one-sided encounter with Duleek / Bellewstown totally outclassed as they trailed by 0-5 to 1-12 at the interval.

Saran O Fionnagain scored the goal for Wolfe Tones in the 20^th minute after his side had squandered a couple of earlier opportunities to find the net.

Duleek / Bellewstown lost midfielder Robin Clarke to a 29^th minute black card that he could have avoided, but it didn't have any major impact on the outcome.

Jamie Crosby was the livliest player for Duleek / Bellewstown and displayed a great attitude as he claimed three points with John Flood sending over five and one eeach from Kevin McCann and goalkeeper Anthony Dowling (45).

O Fionnagain scored 2-5 for the Tones with Cian Ward adding eight points, three each by Niall O'Reilly and Thomas O'Reilly and a lone effort by Dan O'Neill.

The remaining game in the fourth round of this group will see Gaeil Colmcille tackle Donaghmore / Ashbourne tomorrow evening.

Fifth round – Wolfe Tones v Summerhill; Duleek / Bellewstown v Donaghmore / Ashbourne; Rathkenny v Gaeil Colmcille.

 

TABLE

                      P  W  D  L  Pts

Summerhill    4   4   0   0  8

Wolfe Tones  4   2   1   1   5

Gaeil Colmcille 3  2  0   1  4

Don/Ashbourne 3  1  1  1   3

Rathkenny        4   1   0  2  2

Duleek/BTown  4   0   0   4  0

SFC tonight

Summerhill 1-16, Rathkenny 0-9

IFC tonight

Kilmainham 2-13 Castletown 0-12

Well done to Castletown for an accurate team sheet for the supporters and the stewarding despite also playing an IFC game at the same time against Kilmainham.

See interview with Tones manager Tony Kearney