Neary leads final charge

COLLEGES GAA / Connacht SFC semi-finals: Holy Rosary, Mountbellew 1-12; St Patrick's, Tuam 0-4  Corner forward David Neary led…

COLLEGES GAA / Connacht SFC semi-finals: Holy Rosary, Mountbellew 1-12; St Patrick's, Tuam 0-4 Corner forward David Neary led the way as Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, qualified for the Connacht Colleges senior A final for the first time with a commanding display at Barnaderg yesterday.

They were on top throughout, building up a 0-8 to 0-2 interval lead with Neary kicking four points in the opening half.

Holy Rosary sealed a fine win when centre forward David Reilly deflected a clearance to the St Patrick's net 11 minutes from time.

HOLY ROSARY: S Killilea; M Sweeney (0-1), D McHugh, J Walsh; A Conway (0-1), D Kelly, B Laheen; F O'Neill, D Hogan (0-2); C Kenny (0-2), D Reilly (1-0), T Lally; G Noone, T Crowe, D Neary (0-6, four frees). Subs: S Sweeney for Laheen (30 mins); P Lohan for Reilly (53 mins); A Mannion for J Kelly (56 mins).

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ST PATRICK'S: T Mannion; D Raftery, J Devaney, A Tierney; J Tierney, C Murphy, A Flaherty; J Keane, W Fallon; S Kelly (0-1), D Lally (0-1,f) G Geoghegan (0-1); J Kelly, G Raftery (0-1, f), D Walsh. Sub: B Conner for Flaherty (44 mins).

Referee: W Neely (Mayo).