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Seniors over the first hurdle

SFC St Sylvesters 2-14 Round Towers 2-08 Reports were that we always looked in control but let Towers get a little too close at 4 points in the middle of the second half before we pulled away. Seems like Collie McIntyre was back to his best and I heard mention of Airy Cleere's performance at fullback an Aiden Relihan roving out from the full line. See the report from Hill16.ie - Syls too hot for Towers to handle


Syls too hot for Towers to handle - from hill16.ie

St Sylvester’s corner-forwards Louth senior Darren Clarke and former Dublin minor Aidan Relihan proved too hot to handle as the Malahide men accounted for the challenge of Tower’s in this Evening Herald Dublin SFC first round clash at Balgriffin on Thursday night.
Clarke kicked seven points (including three frees) over the course of the hour while the first half goal from Relihan saw Syls lead 1-6 to 0-4 at the interval.
Two minutes into the second half Eoin Fanning fisted a delivery from Ross Hazley to the net to give them a commaning position.
Tower’s battled to the finish with John O’Brien’s accuracy from placed balls keeping the scoreboard ticking over while Derek Murray drove his side on at every opportunity.
SCORERS –

St Sylvester’s: A Relihan 1-4 (0-1f), D Clarke 0-7 (0-3f), E Fanning 1-1, E Bennis, C McIntyre, B Sexton, M McCarthy 0-1 each.

Round Tower, Clondalkin: J O’Brien 0-5 (0-4f), C Carr, L Connolly 1-0, D Murray, I Ward, M Hallows 0-1 each.
ST SYLVESTER’S - R Wallace; B Ryan, F Carney, A Cleere; C McIntyre, B Sexton, D Galvin; R Hazely, J Coughlan; E Fanning, J Sullivan, G Sweeney; A Relihan, E Bennis, D Clarke. Subs: M McCarthy for Sullivan (37), C Cleere for Hazely (45), C Hanratty for Sweeney (49), N Coughlan for Bennis (52), B McGurk for Fanning (54).

ROUND TOWER, CLONDALKIN - K Graham; B Keane, J McCarthy, N Byrne; Derek Murray, I Ward, P Clifford; E Moran, L Connolly; D Whelan, M Taylor, J Joyce; J O’Brien, M Hallows, D Macken. Subs: C Carr for Macken and B Costello for Moran (ht), Damien Murray for Whelan (42).

REF - T Lambe (St Vincent’s).

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