Jay Doherty drives Naomh Muire to victory at St Naul's in U-21B opener

Naomh Muire survived a second half St Naul’s comeback to take the win in the first round of the U-21B championship in Mountcharles.

St Naul’s 1-9
Naomh Muire 1-11

The winners led by 0-10 to 0-3 at the break but were pushed all the way by St Naul’s. Declan Duignan kicked six points for the home team, with Jay Doherty of Naomh Muire top-scoring on the day with 1-4 - which played a huge part in the victory - and Joey Gillespie also posted three points.

Conor Campbell scored a second half penalty for St Naul’s but it was the visitors who took the two points to get their group stage off to the perfect start.

St Naul’s scorers: Declan Duignan 0-6,3f; Conor Campbell 1-1, 1-0pen; Joe Campbell, Jonathan O’Driscoll 0-1 each.
Naomh Muire scorers: Jay Doherty 1-4; Joey Gillespie 0-3; Ferdia Doherty, Danny Ward 0-2 each.

St Naul’s: Oisin Burke; James McBrearty, Shane Meehan, Danny Burke; Barry Burke, Kyle Campbell, Shea Byrne; Michael Coughlin, Joe Campbell; Conor Campbell, Declan Duignan, Lee McCabe; Jonathan O’Driscoll, Rory Kennedy, Kian McCabe.  Subs: Oisin Mogan for S Byrne; Nathan McBrearty for O'Driscoll.
Naomh Muire: Aodhan Gillespie; Conor Cannon, Michael Greene, Piaras McBride; Shane Boyle, Ferdia Doherty, Patrick Marry; Hugh Sweeney, Tuathal Lunny; Fintan Doherty, Joe Gillespie, Danny Ward; Conor Hanlon, Martin Mannion, Jay Doherty. Subs: Darragh Doherty for Mannion; Aidan Boyle for Marry, Joseph Greene for H Sweeney.
Referee: Paul Hardy (Naomh Columba)