Mungret St. Pauls 0-17 Crecora Manister 1-8

On a very sunny day in Clarina on Wednesday 7 August the Junior A hurlers played Crecora Manister, these two sides had already met earlier in the year in the league with Crecora Manister taking the win. Mungret St. Pauls kept Crecora Manister to one point for the first half but a few slip ups in the second half from Mungret St. Pauls had Crecora Manister punish us with scores but Mungret St. Pauls were lucky to pull away with a win.

There were a lot of wides for Mungret St. Pauls in the first 10 minutes of the game where only two points were scored, one for each team. It was Mungret St. Pauls game for the rest of the half notching up a further 8 points unanswered from Crecora Maister. In the first 9 points there was some lovely scores with one coming from a sideline cut. There was great work rate all over the pitch with the Mungret St. Pauls forwards and midfield seeing most of the play.

With a healthy 8 point lead Mungret St. Pauls had to remember to keep theirs heads in the game and to continue to stay scoring, Crecora Manister and Mungret St. Pauls opening 6 points. Crecora Manister then narrowed the gap to 3 points by 2 points and a lucky goal. Mungret St. Pauls put the pressure on and pointed the next 3 balls. The last 4 scores were shared to each side again with Mungret St. Pauls getting a much needed win. There is one more game left in the group against Monaleen with us sitting in forth place but with the same 4 wins and 2 losses as the 2 teams before us- Crecora Manister and Old Christians. Patrickswell topping the table with no losses.

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