Despite missing a hatful of chances in the 1st half and being totally dominated by Mitchels in the 2nd half Dundrum somehow managed to hold on for a precious away victory. Buoyed on by their inspirational captain Kieran Walsh in the middle of the park the Duns battled away to the end and with a hint of luck on their side they snuck a victory in the dying minutes.

   In all truthfullness Dundrum should have had this game wrapped up at halftime. They created the vast majority of openings and came close to converting goal chances on three separate occasions. John McKibben, Conor McShane and Cormac Venney all had opportunities for majors but fortune was not on their side. However, one man who made no mistake in finding the net was the in-form Paul Rooney. With virtually the first attack of the game Rooney latched on to Conor McShane's perfect pass. With Joe Price to beat in the Mitchels goal, Rooney opted for power. His shot ricocheted off the underside of the bar and then eased itself over the line to give the Duns the perfect start.

   Mitchels responded to this shellshock with a free before John McKibben and Chris Hogg pointed for Dundrum. Lazy fouling and inept tackling by the Duns backline then allowed Mitchels to get back in to the game with two more frees.

   With both teams now settled it was the Duns who seized the initiative. Cormac Venney shot over the bar to leave Mitchels trailing 1-03 to 0-03. Yet the more the Duns attacked the more chances they wasted which saw Mitchels once more creep in with two scores in quick succession.

   With ten minutes remaining in the half Mitchels rallied for an equaliser but it never came. Kieran Walsh extended the Duns lead to two before Mitchels replied once more. With more chances going a begging for the Duns it was left to the set peice expertise of Kieran Walsh (0-02) and Cormac Venney (0-01) to bring their side's total to 1-07. Yet the last score of the half came Mitchels way as the Newry brought themselves within three points of their visitors.

   Whatever was said to Mitchels at halftime must have really struck a chord. They came out for the 2nd half with all guns blazing and for the first twenty minutes they didnt give Dundrum a look in. They hogged possession, picked up breaking ball at every chance and constantly put pressure on the Dundrum rearguard. 1-03 without reply came their way in their period of domination. This put them three points clear. However, in hindsight 1-03 really wasnt a huge return for twenty minutes of domination and there was always an inkling that the Duns would have themselves one last hurrah.

  It took a long range free from Kieran Walsh to bring the Duns back in to the reckoning. Mitchels did hit back with a solitary score but a converted penalty by that man Walsh again turned the game on it's head once more. This spot kick was enough to put the away side back in the lead by a point.

   With Mitchels waning the Duns assumed control and with John Hurley and Aaron Doyle really upping their performances in the middle of the park the forwards began to see more of the ball. Scores from the talismanic Paul Rooney and the hard working Conor McShane produced a two point lead but a potential disaster was averted as a Mitchels penalty hit the post with three minutes remaining.

   The missed penalty proved to be a repreive for the Duns and a late Cormac Venney point made sure of a tumultuous three point victory for Dundrum's battlers. 

Dundrum: C.King, N.McComiskey, M.Melville, P.Shields, J.McMullan, J.Hurley, M.Cunningham, A.Doyle, K.Walsh (1-04, 1P 2F), C.McShane (0-01), NJ McLaughlin, J.McKibben (0-01), C.Venney (0-03, 1F), C.Hogg (0-01), P.Rooney (1-01). Sub: M.Rooney