Big three all claim comfortable wins - Waterford SFC Round 2 In Brief

Ballinacourty and Stradbally returned to winning ways in the second round of the football championship over the weekend. After falling to surprise defeats last time out, the 2011 county finalists made amends with a degree of comfort.

Courty struggled early on against St Saviours and only held a two point half time lead but drove on after the break to record a ten point win. The news that Gary Hurney suffered a broken jaw during the game will concern both club and county in the weeks ahead. At Fraher Field, Dungarvan caused Stradbally some problems in the first half as the Reds went in 1-6 to 0-5 ahead at the break with Christopher Casey finding the net. Casey added his second from the penalty spot and Michael Walsh completed the rout in the closing minutes.

At half time on Friday evening a good contest looked in store as The Nire and Ardmore went in all square. A second half double from Richard Fenton however swung the game in favour of The Nire and they cantered home thereafter. Elsewhere in Group 1, Rathgormack made it two wins from two at Walsh Park as they took care of Gaultier by a narrow margin.

On Sunday afternoon, An Rinn also maintained their unbeaten start as Donie Breathnach’s nine point scoring spree saw off Kilrossanty. They led 1-6 to 1-3 at half time with Liam Ó’Lonáin and Joey Veale trading goals. Veale struck home a second goal late on but Breathnach’s accuracy always left An Rinn in pole position. In the second game of the Fraher Field double bill, two goals courtesy of John Prendergast and one from Sean Fleming handed Clashmore their second win of the 2012 campaign against the Brickeys.

Round 2 Results:

Group 1
The Nire 3-14 Ardmore 0-7
Rathgormack 1-9 Gaultier 0-9
Ballinacourty 2-10 St Saviours 1-3

Group 2

Stradbally 3-17 Dungarvan 0-8
An Rinn 1-14 Kilrossanty 2-7
Clashmore 3-4 Brickey Rangers 0-8