Cistercian Roscrea 2-18 Enniscorthy CBS 0-10:Roscrea midfielder Seamus Hennessy stole the show in the Leinster Colleges senior A hurling championship preliminary-round tie at Danesfort, Kilkenny, yesterday, scoring nine points, five from play.
Roscrea were 1-2 to 0-0 in front when Rory Shanahan added an eighth-minute goal. Enniscorthy fought back, with Gerard Foley scoring four points. By the interval Enniscorthy had cut the arrears to two points - 1-4 to 0-5.
In the second half it was pretty much all Roscrea as their scoring return of 1-14 to 0-5 indicates. Midway through the half they eased into an 1-11 to 0-7 lead and it was all over for Enniscorthy when Nicholas Minnock goaled in the 54th minute for a 2-15 to 0-9 lead.
Roscrea will face Castlecomer CS in the quarter-final.
SCORERS: Cistercian, Roscrea: (S Hennessy 0-9, four frees, R Shanahan 1-2, one point from a free, N Minnock 1-0, K Kilkelly 0-2, N Enright 0-1, D Nash 0-1, E Madigan 0-1, D Maguire 0-1, C Herlihy 0-1 each), Enniscorthy CBS: (G Foley 0-7, six frees, J Lacey 0-1, E O'Mahoney 0-1, M Casey 0-1).
