Murphy inspires FCJ

FCJ Bunclody 2-17 St Mary's (Enniscorthy) 0-7: Centre-back Seán Murphy inspired FCJ Bunclody to a 16-pointvictory over St Mary…

FCJ Bunclody 2-17 St Mary's (Enniscorthy) 0-7:Centre-back Seán Murphy inspired FCJ Bunclody to a 16-pointvictory over St Mary's in this one-sided tie at Bunclody.

Murphy struck two magnificent 80 metre points as his side assumed total early control when assisted by the wind.

Subjecting St Mary's to constant pressure. they added a goal after 20 minutes through Billy Nolan, which helped them to a 1-12 to 0-4 interval lead.

While St Mary's, through excellent play from Cathal Clince and Ger Foley, tried to stage a recovery, Nickey Roberts sealed victory for Bunclody with a second goal one minute from time.

FCJ BUNCLODY: J Byrne; B Condon, J O'Hara, J Kelly; P Nolan, S Murphy (0-2), S Foley; P Morris (0-5), D St Ledger (0-1); S Tomkins (0-2), J Crean, I Byrne (0-1); D Kinsella (0-2), B Nolan (1-2), N Roberts (1-2). Sub: D Roberts for B Nolan.

ST. MARY'S: N Murphy; C Goff, J Nolan, T Storey; N O'Reilly, C Clince, D Byrne; J Cullen (0-1), B Gahan; J Holohan (0-1), G Foley (0-4), E O'Connor; D O'Dwyer (0-1), T Dunne, S Casey.

Referee: R McDonald (Wexford).

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