ACFL Division 3
Rasharkin 0-10 Na Piarsaigh 0-06
St. Mary’s Rasharkin have made a good start to life in division 3 following relegation from division 2 last year with their priority to make a quick return to the higher grade getting off to a positive start.
The visitors to Cliftonville started off brightly and within a minute Tiernan O’Boyle had slotted over but Pearses levelled on 6 minutes and last year’s Junior Champions clearly had promotion ambitions themselves.
The Dreen side were quickest to settle however and added points through James Higgins and a collector’s item from Thomas McMullan but Pearses were quick to react as they replied with two of their own to bring it all square for a second time.
At this stage St. Mary’s found another gear and in a good 5 minute period of dominance they raised the white flag 3 times through Shane Hasson, Eamonn McNeill and Oisin Casey before Tiernan O’Boyle split the posts from a ‘45’ to edge his side three ahead.

Both sides registered points in the closing minutes of the half with Tiernan OBoyle on target for Rasharkin to leave three between the sides as the half time whistle sounded.
Half time: Rasharkin 0-07 pearses 0-04
Tiernan O’Boyle extended the Rasharkin lead to four on the restart but the North Belfast side then enjoyed a period of supremacy but found it difficult to penetrate a strong Rasharkin defence.
The Dreen side looked in a bit of trouble when they lost Daniel Doherty to a Red card in the 48th minute but they dug deep to contain a Pearses attack who were enjoying a good deal of possession at this stage.
That possession finally paid off when the Belfast side fired over to close the gap to three but St. Mary’s closed shop at this stage and Oisin Casey fired over the insurance point to ensure there would be no way back for Na Piarsaigh.
Rasharkin: 1 Andrew Hasson, 2 Daniel Doherty, 3 Emmett McFerran, 4 Conor Hasson, 5 Fearghal Kennedy, 6 Donagh Quigg, 7 Fergus Quigg, 8 Ruairi O’Boyle, 9 Thomas McMullan, 10 James Higgins, 11 Eamonn McNeill, 12 Oran McMullan, 13 Shane Hasson,
14 Tiernan O’Boyle, 15 Oisin Casey.
Subs used: Colm Kennedy for James Higgins
Subs not used: Conor Higgins, Pearse McTague, Cormac McMullan, Gerard O’Hagan
Rasharkin Scorer:
Tiernan O’Boyle 0-04
Oisin Casey 0-02
James Higgins 0-01
Thomas McMullan 0-01
Shane Hasson 0-01
Eamonn McNeill 0-01