Relentless Vincent’s march on

St Vincent’s (Dublin) 1-13 Rhode (Offaly) 0-06

Rhode hardly laid a glove on the All-Ireland champions as Vincent’s swept to another convincing victory. Tommy Conroy’s side were eight points clear after 20 minutes and were rarely made to feel uncomfortable by a Rhode side who didn’t score until the 23rd minute.

Leading 1-5 to 0-2 at the interval, Vincent’s had to sweat it out a little during the third quarter but Rhode paid a heavy price for upping the ante as centre-forward Pauric Sullivan was dismissed in the 39th minute after collecting two yellow cards in the space of six minutes. Mossy Quinn had hit the game’s only goal in the 11th minute and now, half an hour later, he sent over a brace of points to settle his side during a turbulent period.