Greene day for Dungloe as they go two from two in SFC with win over Aodh Ruadh

Dungloe chalked up their second win from two in the Donegal SFC with a four-point win over Aodh Ruadh.

A Conor Greene goal inside the opening minute of the second half was the decisive score in what was an entertaining encounter in Rosses Park, which followed up the win for Dessie Gallagher’s team in Glenfin.

Greene got a flick to a high ball into the Aodh Ruadh goal to steer past goalkeeper Aaron Cullen for a 1-8 to lead. And while Jack Gallagher kept the visitors in the hunt, the locals kept their noses in front to the finish.

Gallagher and Oisin Bonner, Greene, and Aaron Neely traded points as Dungloe stretched their lead out to five points with just over 10 minutes remaining. Aodh Ruadh did battle to the finish and scored the game’s last two points and Darren Drummond saw a late effort for a second Aodh Ruadh goal whiz past Danny Rodgers' right-hand upright late on.

Dungloe had got the game off to a lightning start and kicked the game’s opening six points to lead 0-6 to 0-0 by the end of the first quarter. A Johnny Gethins goal just past the halfway mark in the half resurrected the Aodh Ruadh challenge. Wing-back Gethins got on the end of a sweeping move to give Rodgers no chance from 15 metres.

The goal kick-started the Aodh Ruadh challenge and thanks to points from the elusive Cian Rooney, midfielder Matthew Gillespie and two points off the boot of sharpshooter Gallagher, they went in just one down at the break.
Oisin Bonner and Matthew Ward kicked Dungloe’s only two points of the second quarter.

Dungloe scorers: Conor Greene 1-1; Oisin Bonner 0-4; Barry Curran and Matthew Ward 0-2 each; Ryan Connors, Odhran Gallagher, Aaron Neely 0-1 each.
Aodh Ruadh scorers: Jack Gallagher 0-5,4f; Johnny Gethins 1-0, Cian Rooney, Matthew Gillespie, Nathan Boyle 0-1 each.

Dungloe: Danny Rodgers; Jason McBride, Aaron Ward, Mark Curran; Barry Curran, Conor O’Donnell, Karl Magee; Darren Curran, Ryan Connors; Dylan Sweeney, Daire Gallagher, Matthew Ward; Odhran Gallagher, Conor Greene, Oisin Bonner. Subs; Conor Diver for M Ward (56); Noel McBride for C Greene (60); Sean McGee for O Bonner (63).
Aodh Ruadh: Aaron Cullen; Michael McKenna, Conor Patton, Kyle Murray; Johnny Gethins, Eddie Lynch, Colm McGloin; Matt Gillespie, Cian Dolan; Niall Murray, Darren Drummond, Senan Rooney; Jack Gallagher, Nathan Boyle, Cian Rooney. Subs: David Dolan for C Rooney (15); Diarmaid McInerney for Murray (49); Darragh Dolan for C McGloin (51); Gary Carty for K Murray (62).
Referee: Connie Doherty (Naomh Conaill)