Críost Rí get off to a flying start

Críost Rí get off to a flying start

Upping the tempo considerably, with the wind to their backs after the break, Críost Rí brushed aside their opponents with a fine display of strong, attacking football, highlighted by some superb individual performances from Paul Kerrigan, Roy Leahy and team captain Colin O'Brien.

It was all square at 0-4 apiece at half- time following a dour, unimpressive first-half in which Douglas gave as good as they got. Indeed, at one stage Douglas, with points from Alan Barry, Fintan O'Leary and Mark Hayes led 0-4 to 0-2, but a late burst, which yielded life-injecting scores from centre-forward Kerrigan and corner- forward Graham Cummins, had Críost Rí level at half-time.