DOMINANT in all sectors of the field, a well-drilled St Joseph's, Rochfortbridge side encountered little difficulty in overcoming Dublin's St Benildus College in this Leinster Colleges A Senior football championship clash yesterday.
Home advantage certainly helped and the Luke Dempsey-trained side led by three points after 10 minutes thanks to Jamie Wilson, Conor Jordan and David Glennon.
Benildus had to wait until the 18th minute before registering a point through Garret Fox and only managed one further point before the break as St Joseph's built up a 0-6 to 0-2 advantage.
St Benildus upped the momentum in the second half but couldn't match the effort with scores. St Joseph's could even afford the luxury of a missed penalty when Conor Jordan's well-struck effort was pushed over the bar by goalkeeper Keith Butler.
St Joseph's will next meet Franciscan College Gormanston.
ST JOSEPH'S: S Gallagher; T Gonoud, S Hannon, D Coyne; R Foley (0-1), M Cassidy, S Casey (0-1); C Jordan (0-2), G Hoey (0-1); C Connolly, B Smith, D Faulkner (0-1); D Glennon (0-2), J Wilson (0-3), G Hickey. Sub: AJ Murray for Connolly.
ST BENILDUS: K Butler; N Fennell, B McMenamin, N O'Sullivan; K Davis, K Nolan, D O'Dwyer; R Caffrey (0-1), S Browne (0-1); M Johnson, D O'Brien, A O'Donovan (0-1); G Fox (0-1), S Scollan (0-1), C Duffy. Subs: D Kenny for McMenamin, P Corcoran for O'Donovan.
Referee: S Sheridan (Tyrrellspass).
St Joseph's ... 0-11
St Benildus ... 0-5
