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Mon 11 Nov 2009Ballyboden find the answers just in time
LEINSTER SFC QUARTER FINALS/Ballyboden St Enda’s 1-10 Rathnew 1-7:PARNELL PARK was bathed in November sunshine yesterday as before an exclusive audience of around 1,500 Dublin champions Ballyboden St Enda’s moved into the semi-finals of the AIB Leinster football championship.
As expected they found it hard to shake off the challenge of Rathnew who snapped at their heels all the way through an ugly, if at times gripping, match. The Wicklow side appeared to lose their heads at the very end when, despite trailing by just a single score, they got involved in a fracas rather than tapping over a free to bring the margin down to two.
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