Naas hopes of reaching the AIB Leinster Senior Club Hurling final were dashed at Wexford Park on Sunday as they had no answer to a dominant St Martin’s side.
Martins had defeated Leinster and All-Ireland champions, Na Fianna in the quarter-final and they brought form back to their home base on Sunday.
Playing with the string wind in the opening half they dominated proceedings with Rory O’Connor in sparkling form.
Jack Sheridan was Naas main threat but it was Martin’s who led at the break 0-15 to 0-5.
Naas opened brightly on the resumption hitting the opening two scores but soon St Martin’s got back into scoring form, they added a further six points, with Rory O’Connor hitting them all, ending up with an impresssive 14 in total.
Jack Sheridan was Naas top scorer with eight but the Kildare champiions can have no complaints they simply were not good enough on the day, with the final score reading St Martin’s 0-21 Naas 0-11.
Scorers: St Martin’s, Rory O’Connor 0-14 (9 frees, two 65s), Jack O’Connor 0-3 (one sideline cut), Michael Coleman 0-1, Barry O’Connor 0-1, Diarmuid O’Leary 0-1, Aaron Maddock 0-1.
Naas, Jack Sheridan 0-8 (5 frees, two 65s), Michael Purcell 0-1, Brian Byrne 0-1.
NAAS: Cormac Gallagher; Liam O’Reilly, Ross Kelly, Peter O’Donoghue; Harry Carroll, Cian Boran, Daire Guerin; Rian Boran, Evan O’Brian; Simon Leacy, Brian Byrne cpt, Killian Harrington; Charlie Sheridan, Jack Sheridan, Michael Purcell. Subs: Richie Hogan for Michael Purcell (half-time); Cathal Dowling for Charlie Sheridan (45 minutes); Cathal Dowling for Charlie Sheridan (44 minutes); Fionn Maher for Killian Harrington (53 minutes); Kevin Whelan for Evan O’Brian (60 minutes).
ST MARTIN’S: Callum Quirke; Eoin O’Leary, Conor Firman cpt., Joe Barrett; Daithí Waters, Philip Dempsey, Diarmuid O’Leary; David Codd, Aaron Maddock; Barry O’Connor, Darren Codd, Jake Firman; Michael Coleman, Jack O’Connor, Rory O’Connor. Subs: Ben Maddock for David Codd (29 minutes); Eoidn Sinnott for Michael Coleman (53 minutes); Paddy O’Connor for Eoin O’Leary (57 minutes); Michael Codd for Diarmuid O’Leary (60 minutes).
REFEREE: Thomas Gleeson.
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