The Nire and Clashmore progress - Waterford SFC Round 3 In Brief

On a low key weekend of football action, The Nire and Clashmore booked their places in the last eight with two games to spare. The standard of football witnessed at many of the games however left a lot to be desired.

The Nire enjoyed a surprisingly comfortable afternoon against the county champions on Saturday afternoon. Seamus Lawlor’s first half goal cancelled out a penalty from Mark Ferncombe as they led 1-9 to 1-1 at the break and they never looked back. They were reduced to 13 men late on as Shane Walsh received a second yellow card and Darren Guiry was issued with a straight red. In the second game of the double bill at Fraher Field, Clashmore reeled off 2-2 in the first seven minutes to see off Dungarvan. Inter county men Cillian O’Keeffe and Sean Fleming were both on target to see them through to the quarters.

On Friday night, Stradbally edged a low scoring battle against Kilrossanty. They held a 0-4 to 0-2 advantage at half time but had to withstand a late rally to secure their second win of the campaign. Ardmore also made it two wins from three as Kenny Murphy, Seamus Prendergast and Seamus Keating all found the net against Gaultier at Fraher Field. In Kill, Rathgormack maintained their unbeaten start with a draw against relegation threatened St Saviours.

Round 3 Results:
Group 1
Ardmore 3-10 Gaultier 0-11
Rathgormack 0-9 St Saviours 0-9
The Nire 1-13 Ballinacourty 1-5

Group 2
Stradbally 0-8 Kilrossanty 0-7
Clashmore 2-10 Dungarvan 0-9