Round Up: Go-Ahead Ireland AFL 3 & AFL 4

Ballyboden St Enda’s produced another dominant display on their way to a comfortable 5-15 to 0-3 victory against St Finian’s Swords in their Go-Ahead Ireland Dublin Adult Football League Division 3 encounter at Sancta Maria on Saturday evening. 

Corner-back Richie O’Halloran and wing-back Ollie Brophy were the pick of the miserly home defence with Jimmy Meaney tormenting the away defence with a strong showing at full-forward. 

Matters were far tighter in Bohernabreena as Clanna Gael Fontenoy maintained joint top position alongside Ballyboden with a hard-fought 4-7 to 1-13 win against St Anne’s. 

A brace of Jack Flanagan goal and further green flags by Tadhg Cody and Philip Ruddy proved vital for the visitors, who held on by three points thanks to solid individual performances from Conor Hennessy, Aidan Duffy, Rory Tobin, Austin Dodd and David Meenan. 

Elsewhere, both Erin’s Isle and Round Towers Clondalkin kept up the pace on the leaders and they picked up home wins against St Margaret’s and Clontarf respectively while St Maur’s enjoyed a dominant success away to lowly Ballymun Kickhams. 

Go-Ahead Ireland AFL3: Ballyboughal 2-14 Cuala 1-16; St Anne’s 1-13 Clanna Gael Fontenoy 4-7; Trinity Gaels 4-12 St Patrick’s Palmerstown 1-8; Erin’s Isle 3-13 St Margaret’s 1-15; Round Towers Clondalkin 2-16 Clontarf 2-13; Clann Mhuire 6-17 Thomas Davis 0-6; Ballymun Kickhams0-6 St Maur’s 4-17; Ballyboden St Enda’s 5-15 St Finian’s Swords 0-3. 

In Go-Ahead Ireland AFL4, O’Dwyer’s continue to go from strength to strength as they picked up an impressive 2-20 to 3-9 win against Ballinteer St John’s at Marley Park. 

The visitors called on the services of two minors and both Julian Kearney and Callum Morgan didn’t disappoint as they delivered hugely influential displays for the Balbriggan outfit. 

Kearney top scored with 1-2 alongside the lively Callum Johnson (0-5) while John Meaney chipped in with 1-1 for an O’Dwyer’s team that had eight separate scorers over the hour. 

Cathal O’Rourke and Sean Richardson kicked three points apiece as the away side made certain of their victory thanks to a brace of points apiece from Morgan, Darragh Kehoe and Tristan Cawley. 

The win moves them a point clear at the summit of the table following Castleknock’s 1-20 to 1-16 success against Garristown at Somerton Park. 

The visitors showed well initially with Niall O’Brien inspiring them to a three-point lead at the break but Castleknock centre-forward Lenny Bracken helped the hosts launch a comeback upon the restart. 

Oisín Tolan scored a critical goal in the final quarter while wing-back Brian Hughes added a brace of points, enhancing his team’s promotion ambitions in the process as they advanced into second spot. 

Elsewhere, St Sylvester’s and St Peregrine’s picked up their fifth wins of the campaign, overcoming Lucan Sarsfields and O’Toole’s respectively.     

Go-Ahead Ireland AFL4: Geraldine P. Moran 2-12 Man O’War 0-17; O’Toole’s 1-8 St Peregrine’s 1-12; St Sylvester’s 4-18 Lucan Sarsfields 2-13; Good Counsel/Liffey Gaels 5-18 St Vincent’s 3-9; Ballinteer St John’s 3-9 O’Dwyer’s 2-20; Kilmacud Crokes 1-8 St Jude’s 1-8; Fingal Ravens1-16 St Finian’s Newcastle 1-13; Castleknock 1-20 Garristown 1-16.