Mungret St Pauls 1-7 Knockaderry 0-12

In the replay of the quarter final on Tuesday 29 October in a cold but dry Mick Neville Park both sides looked evenly matched again but it was Knockaderrys quick thinking backs that smothered the ball out of danger and scoring on frees that saw them over the line to progress to the Semi Final. Mungret St. Pauls had some great goal saves while under pressure but it was wides that were needed for Mungret St Pauls.

Knockaderry were quick off the mark but wided their challenge. Mungret St. Pauls also wided their first attempt but a pointed free put Mungret St Pauls on the board, the second point for Mungret St. Pauls came from play. Knockaderry's first point came from a free, Mungret St Pauls pointed again from play before Knockaderry went 4 points unanswered. Mungret St. Pauls fought back and leveled the score with 5 minutes left, on the half time marker Knockaderry pointed their free to give them a one point lead going in at the break.

Knockaderry came out strong again but Mungret St. Pauls defense pulled together and denied goals, Knockaderry secured a point. Mungret St Pauls brought the ball up the other end of the pitch but failed to get a score. It was not until near into the final quarter of the game that Knockaderry bounced back again and pointed another 3 balls to go 5 points ahead. Mungret St Pauls got a second wind and eventually managed to get a ball past the the knockaderry backs to put it into the back of the net, this was exactly what Mungret St. Pauls needed which they followed up with a pointed free, leaving only a one point difference going into the final ten minutes. Knockaderry were too strong for Mungret St. Pauls as they pointed another 2 times, with time running out Mungret St. Pauls only managed one more point from play in injury time. Time had run out and Mungret St Pauls had struggled to get any more points in. This ended their games for the year as they take time to look back over their play so they can work on an improved 2020 campaign. This team have successfully brought two cups back to the club this year which is a great achievement. Some of the players are still out in the U-21 championship.

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