Moynalvey GFC

The Moynalvey second string had too much in hand over Ratoath in this Junior C Championship match played in Skryne on Wednesday 22^nd July.

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Moynalvey 2-11 Ratoath 0-8

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An under strength Moynalvey side produced a strong second half performance to emerge victorious on a 9 point winning margin against a gallant Ratoath outfit. Moynalvey were first to register on the score board in the 2^nd minute through P.J Walsh, before Ciaran Collins doubled their advantage in the 5^th. Three minutes later wing back Anthony Brien foraged forward to kick a super point, before the industrious Philly Garvey got just rewards for his hard graft around the middle third when opening his account. Collins was enjoying a fruitful amount of possession in the full forward line & doubled his tally, leaving the score reading 0-5 to 0-2 on the quarter hour mark. Moynalvey added further points from a Collins free & another Garvey effort on the stroke of half time, leaving them four points to the good on a score line of 0-7 to 0-3.

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Ratoath started the second period well tagging on two scores in response to another Collins free. However Moynalvey began to boss possession in the third quarter and a well worked move in the 38^th minute resulted in Ger McHale slamming the ball to the roof of the net after being put through one on one with the keeper by Collins. A point from veteran P.J Walsh soon followed, before Moynalvey found the net for a second time & effectively killed off any Ratoath challenge when Luke Duffy buried the ball low past the keeper. Over the remaining 15 minutes, Peter Durnin & Walsh added to the Moynalvey tally leaving the final score line reading 2-11 to 0-8.

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Moynalvey’s best performers on the night were David Kane, Philly Garvey, Paul Corcoran & Ciaran Collins. The result leaves Moynalvey knowing that victory against Na Fianna in their final group game will see them progress to the knock out stages.

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Team & scorers: G. Drum, D. Kane, Z. Donoghue, B. Byrne, A. Brien (0-1), Paul Garvey, S. Collins, Phillip Garvey (0-2), P. Corcoran, P. Durnin (0-1), D. Treacy, L. Duffy (1-0), G. McHale (1-0), C. Collins (0-4), P.J Walsh (0-3). Subs used: S. McGann for Treacy, S. Courtney for Byrne, D. Hoban for Duffy.