Senior Div II: Saul 2-10 to Kilclief 1-11 return to senior page

The first match of the week was against Kilclief on Wednesday night, were a large crowd gathered at Saul. Saul were slow to start in this game and found themselves trailing by 5 points to 2 (JP Burke) after 10 minutes. Saul started to claw their way back into this game with points from McKenna, Vint and Traynor to level the scores. A great move from Saul seen Michael Vint send the ball to the back of the net, to see Saul take the lead for the first time in this match. Before half time Kilclief managed a point to leave the score 1-5 to 0-6 at half time.

Kilclief long ball tactic to Rory Sharvin paid off with Kilclief taking the first score of the second half, this was followed by another Kilclief point before P Traynor pulled one back for Saul. With Saul now three points up, Kilclief continued to attack and were rewarded with a goal to level the game at 1-7 to –17. Kilclief now in their strongest period, with the wind, scored a further 3 points to put them firmly in the lead. Saul continued to work hard against the wind and started to work the ball well into their forward lines. Traynor received the ball on the left wing, 21 yard out, took his man on, beat another four and sent the ball to the Kilclief net to the roars of an appreciative Saul crowd. The score now level at 2-7 to 1-10. A Kilclief point was cancelled out by a Vint point. With the game up for grabs Damian Campbell struck over a brilliant fifty against the wind to give Saul the advantage. With time now running out for Kilclief, McKenna collected the ball 30 yards from goal took a few steps and stuck the ball sweetly over the bar to give Saul their first two points of the week.

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