Mungret St. Pauls 0-19 Old Christians 0-13

Claughaun was the backdrop for the Junior A hurlers to start their championship on Saturday 25 July 2020 as they played Old Christians. The first score came from Mungret St. Pauls and the game followed on with Old Christians playing catch up throughout. At the first water break Old Christians were trailing by 4 points but it was not an easy game for the Mungret St. Pauls players as they had to stand their ground which they did well. In the last ten minutes of the first half the ref saw an injustice to an Old Christians player and pronounced a penalty, this did not go down well with the Mungret St. Pauls supporters but it was our goalie's quick movement and eagle eyes that made direct contact with the incoming sliotar and stopped it from entering the goal. Old Christians converted the 65 which followed which left them still needing a goal to level the game. By the half time whistle Mungret St. Pauls had widened the gap to 6 points.

The second half was a similar game, Old Christians got all but 4 of their points from frees while Mungret St. Pauls had 8 expertly executed frees but we had five players taking their scores also which is great to see in the game. Mungret St. Pauls were also wining a lot of the puckouts and even at times the players were still able to move the sliotar on while being stripped of their hurley in a tackle. This is a great team to watch play and worth keeping an eye on during the championship.

Team; Barry O'Grady, Chams Jagana (0-1), Christopher Dunford, Cian O'Doherty, Conor Barry (0-1), Conor Garvey, Conor Linehan (0-5), Conor Lynch, Darragh O'Brien, Darragh O'Hagan ( 0-9, 0-8 from frees), Declan Browne (0-3), Denis Giltenane, Donal Browne, Eamonn Flahive, Jack Moroney, James Garvey, John Malone, Killian Ryan, Louis Dee, Mark Patterson, Patrick Dwane, Sean Deignan, Seán Mullane,Stephen Dilworth, Tim Lehane.

Management; PJ Garvey, Bosco Ryan, Tom Bridgeman, Mike Kennedy

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