All too easy for St Gall's

ANTRIM SFC FINAL/St Gall's 2-20 Casement's 0-6: THE FINAL at Casement Park never rose above the standard of a challenge game…

ANTRIM SFC FINAL/St Gall's 2-20 Casement's 0-6:THE FINAL at Casement Park never rose above the standard of a challenge game as St Gall's dominated Portglenone.

After Rory Gallagher, the former Fermanagh and Cavan player, hit three points in the opening nine minutes the winners were on their way to the easiest of wins. They led by 0-11 to 0-3 at the break with the losers three points landed from frees by Gerard McAleese.

There was no relief for the challengers after the resumption with goals by CJ McGourty and Rory Gallagher leaving it just a matter of how many the holders would win by.

ST GALL’S: Ronan Gallagher; S Kennedy, A McClean, C Brady; T ONeill (0-2), A Healy, S Kelly; A Gallagher (0-2), S Burke; S Burke; K McGourty (0-1), Rory Gallagher (1-5, 0-2 frees), K McGourty (0-5); CJ McGourty (1-1), K Niblock (0-2), C Gallagher (0-1). Subs: S Burns (0-1, free) for Niblock (43 mins), P Veronica for Kelly (43 mins), D O’Haire for Rory Gallagher (49 mins), C O’Connor for Ronan Gallagher (51 mins), M Kelly for Kennedy (51 mins).

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PORTGLENONE: B McCann; J Kearney, P Carey, A Kearney; K Rafferty, T Convery, J McKeever; M McCarry, N McKeever; M McAleese, O Doherty, M Graham; G McAleese (0-4, all frees), G McCrickard, K Madden (0-2). Subs: O Kelly for Rafferty (42 mins), J Storey for McCrickard (42 mins), P McAleese for J McKeever (50 mins), BJ Donnelly for Madden (60 mins).

Referee: B Toland (Lamh Dhearg).