The Moynalvey second string had too much in hand over Ratoath in this Junior C Championship match played in Skryne on Wednesday 22nd 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 2nd minute through P.J Walsh, before Ciaran Collins doubled their advantage in the 5th. 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 38th 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.
