Goals galore as Bonnar’s men run riot

Waterford IT 5-19 St Pat’s-Mater Dei 1-6

Waterford IT got their campaign back on track with a ruthlessly efficient 25-point victory in Clontarf.

With just seven minutes gone, Colm Bonnar’s side had already scored three goals, courtesy of clinical close-range finishes by Liam McGrath, full-forward Jake Dillon and Gavin O’Brien.

With Pauric Mahoney bagging his side’s fourth goal with a penalty, they brought a 19-point cushion (4-9 to 0-2) into the second half.

Pat’s found some measure of consolation with a firmly-struck Enda Morrissey goal on 42 minutes, but WIT sub Martin Power added a fifth goal nine minutes from time.

Scorers – Waterford IT: P Mahoney 1-6 (1-0 pen), L McGrath 1-3, G Dillon, G O’Brien 1-1 each, C Kenny 0-4, M Power 1-0, T Hammil, S Roche, E Murphy, J Hayes 0-1 each. St Pat’s: J McGrath 0-4 (1f, 1 ’65’), E Morrissey 1-0, P Walshe 0-2.

WATERFORD IT – S O’Keefe; G Teehan, P Gahan, J Maher; T Hammil, J O’Dwyer, S Murphy; S Roche, C Kenny; H Kehoe, P Mahoney, E Murphy; L McGrath, J Dillon, G O’Brien. Subs: M Power for E Murphy (21), J Hayes for Dillon (34), J Langton for Kehoe (37), C Heffernan for Mahoney (38), L O’Loughlin for S Murphy (45).

ST PATRICK’S-MATER DEI – L White; R O’Hanrahan, J Kelly, C Fennessy; N Maguire (Dublin), P Butler, C Wafer; E Morrissey, E O’Neill; K Ryan, R Peacock, J McGrath; E McIntyre (Tyrone), C Joyce, P Walshe. Subs: S Geraghty for Joyce (23), D Flaherty for Wafer (37), B Kearney for O’Neill (40).

REF – G Duffy (Antrim)