Dublin 2-16 NUI Galway 0-12: A CONVINCING 10-point win over an NUI Galway outfit sprinkled with talented hurlers provided an encouraging start to the year for Dublin at Portmarnock on Saturday afternoon.
With the sweet-striking Johnny Kelly prominent, Dublin governed the second period against an NUIG side that over relied on the accuracy of Finian Coone.
Kevin Flynn and David Curtin struck goals in either half for Dublin, who featured Shane Ryan at centre forward, during a lively contest.
DUBLIN: G Maguire; M May, C Hennebry, R Trainor; D Byrne, R Fallon, M O'Brien; J McCaffrey (0-2), G O'Meara; D Curtin (1-2), S Ryan (0-1), J Kelly (0-5); P Carton, K Flynn (1-2, one free), A McCrabbe (0-4, frees). Subs: S O'Sullivan for May (36 mins), S Lambert for Ryan, S Hiney for Hennebry (52 mins), A McEnerney for Curtin (63 mins).
NUI GALWAY: D Tuohy; D Connolly, P Nihill, N Casey; D O'Donovan, J Lee, P Kelly; F Coone (0-7, six frees), S Hennessy; J Conlon (0-3, two frees), D Barrett (0-1), D Reidy; S Quinlan, K Keehan, G Kelly. Subs: B Daly for Quinlan (36 mins), K Heagney (0-1)for Conlon (41 mins), J O'Gorman for Keehan (50 mins), C O'Donovan for Reidy (51 mins), N Keane for D O'Donovan (60 mins).
Referee: B Gavin(Offaly).
