Wolfe Tones 0-9

St.Nicholas 1-9

HT 0-5 v 1-4

St.Nicholas earned the bragging rights with a victory on Saturday evening in this local derby. The visitors were first to score with an early Sam Reilly point, this was cancelled out by the Tones who then, in turn, took the lead with a free. Both teams were finding it difficult to find openings but midway through the half Hayden Quinn found one and found the back of the net for the Nicks. Both teams traded three scores each before the half, the pick of these a fine individual effort from Rian Farrell. The Nicks reaching the break two up.

Lee Kavanagh added a point from play early in the second half to extend the visitors lead to three. A black card for the tones allowed St.Nicholas some extra space to play, Con Sheehan and a Phillip Kirwan '45 added to their tally. Wolfe Tones kept in the game with two frees but points from Paudi Downey and a late effort from Stephen Hodgins saw St.Nicholas over the line.

St.Nicholas team; Shane Finegan; Stephen Finegan, Andrew Starrs, Declan Heeney; Sam Reilly (0-1), Paudi Downey  (0-1), Rian Farrell (0-1); Brian Carter, Aaron Flanagan; Benner Maguire, Phillip Kirwan (0-2,1f,1 '45), Hayden Quinn (1-0); Tadgh Martin, Lee Kavanagh (0-1), Ceabhan Housidari (0-1)
Subs; Con Sheehan (0-1) for Maguire; Stephen Hodgins (0-1) for Kavanagh; Alex Finegan for Quinn

Best for the Nicks; Aaron Flanagan, Ceabhan Housidari and Rian Farrell