St Paul’s defeat depleted All Saint’s

U-15 ACFL Division 1

Kevin Herron reports from Pairc Naomh Pól

All Saint’s travelled to the Shaws Road on Thursday evening without five of their first team regulars against one of the strongest teams in the Division and it was reflected in the final outcome.

St Paul’s jumped ahead early with a Shea Burns goal from Oisin McCann’s assist. Burns netted for a second time a few minutes later and McCann himself would follow up with a point.

Shea Burns steered over his first point of the evening and assisted in a further goal from Oisin Casey.

Burns was proving difficult to deal with all evening and extended his sides lead with a couple of magnificent scores.

Oisin McCann got in on the goal act after some nice play from Niall Carmichael and Shea Burns yielded back-to-back points.

**Shea Burns closes in for a first half goal**

All Saint’s first opportunity of the evening came from the spot, but St Pauls keeper Adam Carroll was equal to Fiontan Bradley’s effort.

The visitors did find the net after Carter Reid’s 45’ dropped short and Matthew Watt guided his low shot to the back of the net.

St Pauls immediately responded with a point after Ciaran Rogers-Duffy claimed a mark and picked out Shea Burns who assisted the score from Patrick Crawford.

Rogers-Duffy got on the scoresheet himself and further efforts from Crawford, Oisin Casey had the hosts well in the ascendancy.

All Saint’s replied before the break with a splendid point from Patrick Murphy, but his side were in arrears at the interval.

Ciaran Rogers-Duffy protects the ball from Sean McDermott of All Saint’s

St Pauls picked up where they left off before the break with Shea Burns and Patrick Crawford on target in the early stages.

Ciaran Rogers-Duffy and Ryan Laverty traded points before Burns and Crawford picked up where they left off.

A converted Duffy free was followed by a goal from Shea Burns and Oisin Casey made it back-to-back points to add to his first half effort.

Corey McKillop produced an outstanding reply for the Saint’s – though St Pauls ended the game with a further goal from Ciaran McDonnell and a fantastic Crawford point to claim their third league win of the campaign.