Mungret St. Pauls 1-27 Na Piarsaigh 1-13

This was a great game for Mungret St. Pauls, it did take them the first few minutes to settle into the game but when they did they made the game their own with some spectacular scores from both sides. Played in Rathbane on Tuesday 11 June, the rain held off for most of the game, giving a few drops before the half time, the second half saw no rain.

It did not look good for Mungret St. Pauls at the beginning as Na Piarsaigh pointed their first shot and wided the next 2 while Mungret St. Pauls hit the upright to score their first point. The ball saw both ends of the pitch to keep the game on level score until the 20th minute when Mungret St. Pauls went 5 points with no reply, the last point hitting the crossbar before it tipped over. Na Piarsaigh scored their seventh point while Mungret St. Pauls finished the half with their twelveth and the 13th point struck the upright again before over.

The second half saw more action Na Piarsaigh scored 2 points to Mungret St. Pauls four and then Mungret St. Pauls took their chance and struck the net. There were another 2 points each before Na Piarsaigh put pressure on our backs, they broke through but were denied their score by the quick action of our goalie. Mungret St. Pauls scored another 3 points, with a wide for breaking their stride, Na Piarsaigh stuck another point over before Mungret St. Pauls pointed another 2 and in a very comfortable lead. Na Piarsaigh poped their last point over the bar, Mungret St. Pauls doubled that on the far end. Na Piarsaigh knew the only thing for them to do was to go for goals to lessen the increasing lead, they got one past our goalie but Mungret St. Pauls got the last point in with the game finishing infront of the Mungret St. Pauls goals as Na Piarsaigh tried to get another score but the Mungret St. Pauls defense were strong and blocking everything.

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