Kildare's Patrician College crash out of Leinster PPS

Th final score-line tells the story in this Leinster PPS pre-quarter final clash between Patrician College Newbridge and St Mel's of Longford at Pierse Park, Longford this afternoon.

The final score reads St Mel's 4-12 St Mel's 2-6, with Mel's booking a place in the quarter-final while for Patrician this year's school journey comes to an end.

The first half was all one way traffic and while St Mel's had the benefit of a strong wind, nevertheless it was obvious that the Longford boys were the stronger outfit.

Leading 2-8 to 0-1 at the break, the goals coming from Andrew  Flynn and Harry Mulville, while the Patrician only white flag came from the boot of Sam Ryan, a free.

Just two minutes into the second half Mel's were dealt a blow when midfielder Jack Bolton was shown a straight red. but despite that a few minutes later they scored goal number three when Michael Flynn set up Matthew Carey who found the Newbridge net.

Eoin Curtin and a goal from Harry Redmond, set up by  Eoghan Dunne, gave the visitors a bit of hope and despite getting a second, Jack Mahony firing to the net from the penalty spot, there was no way back for the boys in  black and yellow.

The winners added a late goal and booked their place in the last eight on a final score line of St Mel's 4-12 Patrician Newbridge 2-6.

Scorers: St Mel's Matthew Clancy 1-5 (1 free), Andrew FLynn 1-1, Harry Mulvihill 1-0, Michael Flynn 1-0, Paddy Moran 0-3, Matthew Flynn 0-2 (1 free),  Gavin Farrelly 0-1.

Patrician Newbridge: Jack Mahony 1-3 (penalty, 2 frees), Sam Ryan 1-1 (1 free), , Ryan Kearney 0-1, Eoin Curtin 0-1.

ST MEL'S: Caolan Hussey; Conor Smith, Adam Donnelly, Kevin Basket; Gavin Farrelly, Ross Shields, James Connell; Jack Belton, Matthew Carey; Andrew Flynn, Matthew Flynn, Jonathan Burke; Michael Flynn, Harry Mulvihill, Paddy Moran. Subs: Ronan Courtney for Andrew Flynn (half-time); Cormac Harte for Jonathan Burke (46 minutes); Cormac Flynn for Matthew Flynn (59 minutes).

PATRICIAN:Ronan Collins (Moorefield); Padraig Daly (Round Towers), James Loughman (Sarsfields), Adam Joyce Bowles (Moorefield); Eoghan Dunne (Athgarvan), Conor Walsh (Moorefield), Conor Sheean ((Milltown); Sean Hennessy (Milltown), Jack Mahony (Sarsfields); Ryan Kearney (Sarsfields), Eoin Curtin (Rathangan), Harry Redmond (Sarsfields); Sam Ryan (Moorefield), Ian McLoughlin (Moorefield), Ben Loakman (Sarsfields). Subs: Joe Dunne (Milltown) for Ben Loakman (28 minutes); Cian Byrne (Sarsfields) for Sam Ryan (43 minutes); Jamie Coffey (Sarsfields) for Ian McLoughlin (57 minutes); Tom Stapleton (Milltown) for Adam Joyce Bowles (55 minutes).

REFEREE: Michael Gordon, Westmeath.