Waterford SHC Round 2 in brief

Ballygunner 3-18 Roanmore 1-8
For the second week running Niall O’Donnell’s side had it all too easy in this lop sided encounter at Walsh Park on Friday evening. JJ Hutchinson, Naoise Waldron and Shane O’Sullivan all found the net for the Gunners to maintain their unbeaten record in Group 2 against a weakened Roanmore outfit. Last year’s runners up have posted an intimidating tally of 8-41 in their opening two games of the campaign.

Mount Sion 0-12 Passage 0-11
Mount Sion survived a late Passage rally to escape with a narrow win at Walsh Park on Sunday afternoon. With five minutes remaining Owen Connors saw his penalty attempt saved to end a brave second half effort from Passage. Tensions flared early here with Eoin Kelly and Chris Ryan both receiving yellow cards. With Martin O’Neill and Stephen Roche to the fore Sion led 0-9 to 0-3 at half time. Owen Connors dragged Passage back into the game with a succession of placed balls to cut the deficit to a point. He couldn’t convert that vital penalty however as Sion edged over the line.

De La Salle 1-10 Abbeyside 1-10
A last gasp free from Brian Phelan gave De La Salle a share of the spoils at Walsh Park in a low scoring encounter with Abbeyside. Jake Dillon’s goal for De La Salle separated the sides at half time (1-4 to 0-4). The Villagers battled back in the second half however with Mark Gorman’s free taking and a Mark Fives goal putting them a point ahead entering the closing stages. Phelan kept his cool however with the last puck of the game to ensure the points were divided. John Mullane and John Keane both retired injured in the second half with hand and hamstring injuries respectively.

Fourmilewater 1-17 Stradbally 0-9
The Ballymacarbry side picked up their first pair of points after a surprisingly comfortable win over Stradbally at Fraher Field. A goal from Shane Walsh helped Fourmile into an early 1-6 to 0-2 lead. Trevor Curran and Michael Walsh kept the Reds in touch to only trail by 1-7 to 0-7 at half time. A closely contested second half never materialised as Shane Ryan, Shane Walsh, Diarmuid Wall and Jamie Barron fired over points to give Stradbally some early relegation worries. Walsh ended with an impressive tally of 1-6 from play.

Tallow 2-12 Dungarvan 0-11
Tallow always held the upper hand in the second part of the double header at Fraher Field on Sunday. A Thomas Ryan goal eased them into a 1-7 to 0-2 lead at the break. Evan Sheehan bagged Tallow’s second goal on 33 minutes to keep their opponents at arms length. Dungarvan’s accuracy improved in the second period with Cormac Curran and Kenny Moore on the mark but they never threatened the victors. Thomas Ryan finished with 1-5 to his name.