ST PATRICKS 2-14
O RAGHALAIGHS 1-10

St Patricks qualified for the Senior Championship quarter-finals as group winners thanks to this seven-point win over O Raghallaighs on Sunday night in Darver.

As a result, the Drogheda men finish bottom and the Pats will be joined by Geraldines in the knock-out stages.

The Pats opened the scoring through Cathal Grogan and followed up with a goal from Eoin O’Connor on three minutes. Although Ben Rogan pulled a point back for the O Raghallaighs, the Lordship men continued to dominate and points from Jack and Ciaran Murphy along with a second O’Connor goal had them 2-3 to 0-1 ahead after ten minutes.

The Drogheda men hit back with the help of Barry Flanagan points and a goal from a Rogan penalty to cut the deficit to 2-6 to 1-6 at the break.

The Pats regained the initiative in the third quarter with Darren O’Hanlon and Jack Murphy scoring to help them move seven clear. The O Raghallaighs responded with points from Flanagan and James Morgan but the Pats always looked comfortable and scores from Grogan in the final quarter sealed a deserved win.

ST PATRICKS: Martin McEneaney; Kevin Toner, Eoghan Lafferty, Barry Dunne; Conor Grogan, Darren O’Hanlon 0-1, Leonard Gray; Dessie Finnegan, Martin Breen; Ciaran Murphy 0-1, Eoin O’Connor 2-0, Aidan McCann; Alan O’Connor, Cathal Grogan 0-8, Jack Murphy 0-4 . Subs: Joseph Connor for A McCann, Rory Duffy for A O’Connor.

O RAGHALLAIGHS: Joe Flanagan; Emmet King, Sean Gibbons, Liam Hanna; Eoin Moore, James Moonan, Scott Byrne; Alan Doyle, Ruairi Moore 0-1; Barry 0-6 , Chris Smith, Cillian Curran; Jack Carr, Ben Rogan 1-2, Danny Morgan. Subs: Stephen Murphy for Byrne, John Horan for Curran, Andrew Rogan for Smith, Olan Walshe for Carr, James Morgan 0-1 for Moonan.

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