Dolan on the double

St Brigid’s 2-8 Padraig Pearses 0-9: FORMER ROSCOMMON star Frankie Dolan steered St Brigid’s to a three-in-a-row victory in …

St Brigid's 2-8 Padraig Pearses 0-9:FORMER ROSCOMMON star Frankie Dolan steered St Brigid's to a three-in-a-row victory in Kiltoom.

He scored 2-4, more than Pearses’ overall tally and got his second goal in the fourth minute of injury time at a time when Pearses had reduced the arrears to three points. Leading by 0-4 to 0-2 after 18 minutes, Dolan struck for his first three-pointer but the introduction of Seán Fahy ignited Pearses’ revival. Four points, including three frees, between the 48th and 58th minutes, pared back the margin to just three.

ST BRIGID’S: C Sheehy; R Stack, N Grehan, J Murray; P Domican, D Donnelly, I Kilbride (0-1); K Mannion (0-1), G Dolan; G Cunniffe, R Blaine, D Kelleher; S Kilbride (0-2, one free), C McHugh, F Dolan (2-4, one free). Subs: C Sheehy for McHugh (h-t), D Dolan for Kelleher (43), G Aherne for G Dolan (48), P Kelly for Blaine (56), D Sheehy for I Kilbride (60).

PÁDRAIG PEARSES: D Donnellan; S Dolan, P Kelly, D Murray; C Daly, E Barrett, R Daly; A Feehily (0-2, both frees), N Carty; E Kelly (0-2, one free, one 45), D Duffy, S Carty; J Whyte, N Daly (0-1), P Corbett. Subs: S Fahy (0-4, three frees) for S Carty, D Grehan for Whyte (both 45m), M Donoghue for Feehily (51m), D Whyte for R Daly (60m).