LEINSTER COLLEGES SH A LEAGUE RD TWO: Dublin South 3-11 Good Counsel 1-13TWO GOALS in the closing 10 minutes helped Dublin South Colleges to a deserved four-point victory at New Ross yesterday.

Despite heavy rain, both sides served up quality hurling and, at the end of the opening quarter, Dublin South led 0-4 to 0-2 thanks in the main to three points from James Roche.

Nine minutes before the break a long ball into the home side’s goalmouth broke for Fionn Maguire to tap in and Dublin South went on to lead 1-7 to 0-7 at the break, with points from Mark Aylward and Michael Redmond keeping the home side in touch.

Three points, 1-9 to 0-9, still separated the sides at the end of the third quarter, but, with nine minutes left, a Jamie Desmond goal gave the Dublin side a 2-9 to 0-11 lead.

Counsel responded two minutes later with an Eoin Kelly goal before Neil Gorey pounced for his side’s third goal two minutes from the end.

DUBLIN SOUTH: P Tighe; E McLoughlin, R Tierney, N O'Dowd; T McGrath, T Devlin, K Ward; S Drummond (0-2), C O'Shea; P Doherty, J Desmond (1-1), T Hanafin; F Maguire (1-1), N Gorey (1-0), J Roche (0-6, 3f). Subs: K Wigglesworth (0-1) for Ward; B McEntee for Hanafin; Ward for McEntee.

GOOD COUNSEL COLLEGE: J Walsh; P Coady, R Muldoon, L Hennessey; J Tubritt, J Murphy, B Furlong; D Lester, M Redmond (0-2); M Coady, M Mansfield (0-2), P Mulhearn; M Aylward (0-6, 4f, 1 65), G Bennett, E Kelly (1-2). Subs: R Tubrid for Mulhearn; S Doherty (0-1) for M Coady.

Referee: D Murphy (Enniscorthy).