Trinity College continued their winning run with a hard-earned win in Santry.

DCU took an early lead with three points from free-taker from Billy Ryan.

Killian Dunphy brilliantly kept out Cian O Dulaing’s penalty, and although he was beaten by a superb Conor O’Carroll finish, this was cancelled by Niall Mullins’ goal for DCU on 23 minutes.

Three unanswered points by Ryan widened the gap, but Fionn O Riain Broin’s brace got Trinity back to within a point (1-7 to 1-6) at the break.

O’Riain Broin fired another 0-2 salvo, only for DCU to reply with scores from Alan Cox and Ryan (two). Trinity started to dominate, with Cian O’Sullivan and O’Carroll in bagging three second-half points to claim the spoils.

Scorers – Trinity College: F O Riain Broin 0-6 (4fs), C O’Carroll 1-3, C O’Sullivan 0-3 (1f), S Ryan 0-2, C O Dulaing (f), J O’Neill 0-1 each. DCU-St Pat’s: B Ryan 0-8 (7fs, 1 s/l), N Mullins 1-0, A Cox 0-2, T Devlin, D Whelan 0-1 each.

TRINITY COLLEGE- J Banks; L Carey, D O’Donoghue, C Keating; C Heaney, M Malone, E McNamara; C O’Sullivan, F O Riain Broin; D Butler, N Redmond, C O Dulaing; E Kelly, C O’Carroll, S Ryan.

Subs: J O’Neill for Kelly (h-t), E Skelly for Banks (65), R Geraghty for Carey (72).

DCU-ST PAT’S – K Dunphy; R Tubrid, C Shaw, S Barden; C Brady, B McDowell, G Malone; N Mullins, A Cox; P Spellacy, B Ryan, C Breathnach; D Foley, M Storey, T Devlin. Sub: L Currivan for Barden (67).

Ref – D Hannon (Westmeath)