Danske Bank Pat King final

Coláiste Feirste 0-12 St Joseph’s Crossmaglen 1-7

A good start is half the battle and so it was for Coláiste Feirste in Tuesday’s Danske Bank Pat King Cup final at Mayobride as five scores without reply set them up for the win over St Joseph’s Crossmaglen.

Five unanswered points for the Falls Road outfit had them in a strong position after eighteen minutes, the points shared between Tomás Mac Adaim and Shae Mac Aoid, though the heroics of goalkeeper Fionn Ó Brannuibh was also a major factor in the excellent opening quarter, where defender Luke O’Dea and midfielder Ruairí Ó Scolláin also played a starring role.

Eightneen minute in Crossmaglen got themselves right back into the game when Josh King fired in a penalty but Coláiste Feirste kept the scoreboard ticking over with points from Nathan Mac Cionnaith and Séadhna Mac Conluain and despite the fact that the Armagh school got two more points Coláiste Feirste still led by 0-8 to 1-3 at the interval.

St Joseph’s came more into the game in the second half, but they simply couldn’t bridge the gap with Coláiste Feirste able to respond to every score from the Cross players.

There was just a point from each side during a low scoring third quarter, but over the next ten minutes the Belfast side stretched their lead to four points.

Cross scored three times over the final five minutes, but Coláiste Feirste held on for an historic victoryColáiste Feirste: T Mac Adaim 0-6, S Mac Aoidh 0-3, N Mac Cionnaith, S Mac Conluain and GS Ó Liatháin 0-1 each

St Joseph’s: J King 1-3, O Leneghan 0-2, T Fitzsimons and D McDonnell 0-1 each.