Faughs sent packing by in-form Vin’s

THE final group matches in the Go-Ahead Dublin Senior 1 Hurling Championship took place on Saturday afternoon with St Vincent’s claiming top spot in Group 2 following their comfortable 3-26 to 1-13 win over Faughs at O’Toole Park.

The win secured a semi-final berth for the Marino outfit, who were in control from the opening whistle, with John Hetherton accruing fourteen points over the hour for Vinnies.

Hetherton and James O’Brien exchanged points in the early stages before St Vincent’s opened up a lead thanks to points from James Mulcahy, Daniel Peel, Conor Burke and Hetherton.

Liam Mostyn and Conor O’Shea kept the Faughs deficit at a manageable level as the half progressed but a goal from Darach McBride just before the break extended the Vinnies lead to 1-16 to 0-7 by the turnaround.

It was Hetherton that heaped further misery on Faughs as he converted five frees early in the second-half, to augment three points from substitute Neal Billings, with Rian McBride netting in the 55th minute to enhance his team’s position.

Faughs managed a goal of their own through David Croke approaching added time but Cian McBride followed the lead of his brothers when adding a third goal late on to cement his team’s progress to the last four.

Whitehall will play Faughs in the relegation play-off.

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