Mungret St. Pauls 0-12 Ahane 0-15

This was a slow game to start with Ahane getting the better of Mungret St. Pauls, the rain did not help, on Tuesday 27 August in Mungret.

It took Mungret St. Pauls 6 minutes to get a score started, this was to match Ahanes point. There was a lot of play on the field with little score to show. Ahane had 2 more points up before Mungret St. Pauls put the ball over the bar again. Ahane played strong and added on another 3 points while Mungret St. Pauls were hitting wides, their third point of the game came with 5 minutes left in the first half. Mungret St. Pauls were taking on challenges in the forwards trying to get the ball over the goal line but Ahane foiled each try.

The second half started out similar to the first with Ahane taking the first point. Mungret St. Pauls went for a goal again but had to take a point from the 65. Just before the third quarter of the game Mungret St. Pauls put in a lot of work and leveled the game, they went on and took the lead for the first time by two points. Ahane put their foot down and added 5 points to regain the lead. As time was running out and 4 minutes left to go it was frees that lead to the final scores, Mungret St. Pauls and Ahane pointing 3 each with Ahane taking a 3 point win.

This was not a great game for Mungret St. Pauls this loss means they need to win their final match to bring them through to a semi final.

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