The rains of the monsoon season in South East Asia weren't a patch on the downpours that arrived in Dundrum on Friday evening. What transpired in these atrocious conditions was a bitter war of attrition between two teams hellbent on securing victory.

   In a disappointing 1st half it was Teconnaught who did all the probing. At their leisure they amassed a 0-05 to 0-00 lead. Scorer in chief was the accurate Barry Rogan. He glanced over three frees whilst adding one from play. Teconnaught's other contributor was Ronan Sweeney.

   In an unusual twist it was Dundrum who would get the next five scores. With a little more impetus to their play, Paul Rooney (0-02), Aaron Doyle (0-01), Cormac Venney (0-01) and Kieran Walsh (0-01) all registered to leave it all square at the break after a totally uninspiring 1st half.

   Despite battling hard in the 2nd half Dundrum seemed to be second best for the majority of it. Kieran Walsh and Aaron Doyle fought valiantly at midfield while Marc Cunningham did his upmost to generate attacks from wing back. But in all truthfullness, the Dundrum backs struggled badly with the conditions and their forwards couldn't cope with the pace of the Teconnaught backs.

   GP Mulholland's men looked the better of the two sides in the 2nd half. Colm Flanagan, Paul Burns and Eoin Flanagan held steadfast in defence while Sammy Madine was a trojan around the middle. Up front Barry Rogan continued his rich vein of form with yet another three frees while Henry Green also had himself a well taken score.

   During the latter stages of the half Teconnaught created for themselves three goal chances. However, all three were expertly saved by the tremendous Colum King in the Dundrum goal and if it weren't for him Teconnaught could of won this one by a cricket score.

Dundrum's only scorers in this half were Kieran Walsh and John Hurley. Substitute John McKibben did have a late chance to grab himself a major but his shot hit the side netting.

   It was the ability of Teconnaught to adapt to the conditions better that surely won them this game. Also, to have a very reliable set peice taker such as Barry Rogan and to be able to bring a player of the calibre of Niall Mulholland off the bench shows the strength of this classy side.

   Dundrum will need to learn how to play in the wet for future games in such surroundings but in truth Teconnaught were the better side and the Duns should have no qualms about their defeat.

Dundrum: C.King, N.McComiskey, M.Melville, P.Shields, M.Cunningham, J.Hurley (0-01), J.McMullan, K.Walsh (0-02, 2F), A.Doyle (0-01), C.McShane, NJ.McLaughlin, P.Rooney (0-02, 1F), C.Venney (0-01), C.Hogg, M.Coughlan. Subs: J.McKibben, M.Rooney.