De La Salle eventually get measure of Hamilton

De La Salle College 1-17 Hamilton High School 0-8: A late scoring spree of 1-5 over the final 10 minutes rubber-stamped a second win of the campaign for De La Salle but Hamilton’s defensive configuration kept Dermot Dooley and his management team occupied throughout.

“At one stage, they only had four forwards and eight backs defending. We had five forwards so it was pretty hard to break them down,” Dooley said.

On an overcast afternoon in Clashmore, Hamilton attempted to swarm Salle’s chief score getter Thomas Douglas by employing corner-forward Ben Murray as an extra defender. Salle reacted immediately to this switch as their number 13 Michael Mahony moved out the field. This left two spare defenders at either end and an error ridden encounter unfolded. A combination of 27 wides (15 for Hamilton) paints the picture.