Sigerson Cup Athlone IT 1-7 IT Tralee 0-4: Athlone IT put a very poor IT Tralee side to the sword at the Kerins O'Rahilly's pitch in Tralee yesterday afternoon.

It was as poor a Sigerson Cup game as witnessed at a Kerry venue. Tralee had nothing to offer up front or at midfield and went down without showing any desire to win.

IT Tralee took the lead through a Chris O'Driscoll point inside the opening minute, but apart from the heroics of some of their defenders, including Kerry under-21 players Killian Young and Martin O'Mahony, they were outgunned.

Athlone IT dominated at midfield where Kildare under-21 player James Kavanagh gave a man of the match display, with some outstanding fielding, and corner forwards James Coughlan from Offaly and Galway's Derry O'Brien proved a handful.

Athlone were gifted a goal in the 20th minute when Kavanagh intercepted a Doyle clearance and set up James Coughlan for an opportunist goal.

ATHLONE IT: E Farrell; T Bannon, D McInerney, A Murtagh; G Quinn, D Blake, A Reynolds; J Kavanagh (0-1), A Aronojelavoic; S Higgins, A Kelly (0-2), J Coughlan (1-2); E McCormack (0-2), R Guinan, D O'Brien. Subs: K Casey for D O'Brien, J Boyle for S Higgins.

IT TRALEE: S Murphy; K Young, E Lawlor, C O'Sullivan; K O'Leary, M Mahony (0-1), E Hickson; H Best, D Doyle; G O'Driscoll, S Courtney, S O'Shea; K O'Leary (0-2, 1f), D Crowley, B Scanlon. Subs: C O'Driscoll (0-1) for S O'Shea, L O'Sullivan for J Best, M Evans for S Courtney, P O'Sullivan for E Lawlor.

Referee: M Ryan (Limerick).