All County JFC Div 4: O'Mahony's comfortable in Dunshaughlin
August 08, 2025
O'Mahony's Clayton O'Sullivan gets in his pass during the All County JFC clash with Dunshaughlin
Navan O’Mahony’s 3-17
Dunshaughlin 0-10
Navan O’Mahony’s put in a strong performance in the opening round of the JACFC Div 4 in Dunshaughlin on Wednesday. Clayton O’Sullivan led the way with fifteen points including two goals, three two pointers and three points all from play.
O’Sullivan opened the scoring after five minutes with a point from play. Two minutes later, Dunshaughlin raised their first white flag of the game when a goal shot was deflected by netminder Jack Coyle. Two two-pointers from O’Sullivan in as many minutes gave O’Mahony’s a four point advantage, extended by a similar effort from Sean Smyth. The gap was extended to ten points with twenty minutes gone following scores from the aforementioned as well as Ben Forde.
Ciaran McGuinness added a point in the twenty-third minute before seven minutes elapsed without score. On the cusp of half time, Dunshaughlin kicked their second score of the match and O’Mahony’s went in with a ten point advantage at the break.
Navan O’Mahony’s 0-12
Dunshaughlin 0-02
The hosts scored the first point of the game, responded to quickly by a good score from Kian McGee after a good run. After a Dunshaughlin free, it was again McGee who responded with a goal, set up well by a pass from Andy Leech who was solid in the middle of the park. At the opposite end of the pitch, Darren Reilly made an impressive goal-line intervention to stop a score for Dunshaughlin.
Less than a minute later, a combination play from Forde and O’Sullivan saw the latter fire the ball to the net and fifteen points separated the sides. Dunshaughlin kicked the next three scores, all from play but O’Sullivan found the net once again midway through the half.
The game was over as a contest at this stage and the sides exchanged scores for the remainder of the match.
Navan O’Mahony’s: Jack Coyle, Darren Reilly, Eimhin Power, Niall Gorman, Jack Lafford, Killian Clarke Doggett, Kian McGee (1-02), Andy Leech, Tommy Carroll, Ciaran McGuinness (0-01), Clayton O’Sullivan (2-09, 3 2P), Hugo Fitzherbert, Sean Smyth (0-03, 1 2P), Paul Cunningham (0-01), Ben Forde (0-01)
Subs: Darren Clarke for Fitzherbert, Mark Murphy for Lafford, Aaron Coyle for Reilly, Cillian Roe for Forde, Podge Gallagher for Smyth, CJ Cashin for McGuinness, Diarmuid McCarthy for Gorman
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