Naas on fire in top of the SHL table clash with Maynooth

Naas Daragh Kirwan wins procession despite being chased by Maynooth Luke Murnane and Joseph McNulty | Iconic

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Football star, Darragh Kirwan, hits three points coming off the bench for Naas

Naas went through the gears on a perfect sunny Friday evening top of the table clash in the Westgrove Hotel SFL Divison 1, as they welcomed Maynooth onto home soil.

The Sheridan brothers, Charlie and Jack, tore the visitors to shreds up-front, while notable contributions off the bench were made from the likes of Fionn Maher and county footballer Daragh Kirwan.

Naas had the game wrapped up at half-time helped by five well-taken goals, and while Maynooth battled until the end, they were given no mercy.

The first goal came from wing-back and county player Simon Leacy, who slotted the ball into the bottom corner, while goal number two was batted past Seán Bean by Charlie Sheridan, who terrorised the Maynooth full-back line in open play. His brother, full-forward Jack Sheridan, kept ticking over the frees.

Naas led 5-8 to 0-10 at the break, the game well and truely over at that stage.

The second half followed the same pattern with the county champions dominating troughout going on to win 8-25 to 2-18.

NAAS: Cormac Gallagher; John McKeown, Rian Boran, Matthew Kelly; Simon Leacy 1-0, Darach Mac Donncha, Harry Carroll 0-1; Conan Boran, Peter O’Donoghue 0-2; Oisin O’Neill 1-1, Daire Guerin, Liam Walsh; Ferran O’Sullivan 1-2, Jack Sheridan 1-10 (9f rees), Charlie Sheridan 2-5. Sub: Fionn Maher 2-0 for Oisin O’Neill (28), Niall Murphy for John McKeown (32), Michael Purcell 0-1 for Simon Leacy and Oisin O’Neill for Conan Boran (half-time), Daragh Kirwan 0-3 for Liam Walsh (42), Rossa Stapleton for Darach Mac Donncha (47).

MAYNOOTH: Seán Bean; Cian Brody, Kevin Carroll, Conall Knox; Eoin Kelliher 0-2, Martin Quilty, Cian Forde; Harry Dunne 1-0, Ronan Dunne 0-2; Ciaran Dunne 0-1, Luke Murnane 0-1, Conor O’Grady 0-1; Tom Power 1-2, Kevin Dunne 0-1, Micheál Hogan 0-7 (0-6frees, 0-1’65). Subs: Ciarán Flanagan for Ronan Dunne (blood-sub2-9), Ciarán Flanagan for Ciaran Dunne (39), Joseph McNulty for Kevin Dunne (51).

REFEREE: Matthew Redmond.