Mungret St. Pauls 1-14 Newcastle West 2-10

It was by the skin of their teeth that Mungret St. Pauls pulled through this quarter final game in the LIT Gaelic Grounds on Wednesday 2 September 2020 under lights and in miserable wet weather against Newcastle West.

Mungret St. Pauls started strong by the water break Mungret St. Pauls had gone 7 points ahead with 1-5 while Newcastle West only had a point. Back from the break Newcastle West settled into the game and started to come back with a goal and 2 more points while Mungret St. Pauls tried hard to get in a second goal the Newcastle West goalie was sharp on his blocking but Mungret St. Pauls still managed to hold a four point lead by the half time break with their additional 2 points before the whistle.

Both sides held their own for the next fifteen minutes Newcastle West were first to score with 2 of their four points in the first few minutes Mungret St. Pauls kept their steady scoring adding on five points still ahead by 5 points but it was after the water break that Mungret St. Pauls seemed to let their guard down and Newcastle West punished hard with a goal and 2 points to Mungret St. Paul point, leaving only a point lead for us, there were only one more point to each side both from frees before the relief of the full time whistle securing a place in the Semi Final for Mungret St. Pauls against Monaleen on Wednesday 9 September in the LIT Gaelic Grounds at 6.30pm

Team; Rian Murphy, Ciaran Kenny, Mark Moroney, David Hassett, Billy Molyneaux, Dermot Moloney, Eamonn Flahive, Barry Duff, Brian O'Meara (0-1), Conor Galvin (0-2), Conor O'Malley, Conor O'Halloran (0-1), Darragh O'Hagan (1-1), Liam Lynch (0-8, 0-8 from Frees), Jack McCarthy (0-1), Killian Archer, Odhran O'Dwyer, Cillian O'Gorman, Conor White, Darragh Bridgeman, Tom Morrison, Colin Rochford, Darragh O'Connor, Harry Page.

Management; Justin O'Meara, Brian Lynch, Colin Kenny, Brian O'Halloran, Cian O'Brien, Dec Browne.

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