Decies destroy dismal Dublin

Waterford 6-17 Dublin 2-12

Dismal Dublin slumped to their third defeat on the spin as Waterford's unbeaten run continued in style at Parnell Park.

In the end a 17 point win for Waterford told its own story as they shot to the head of Div 1A with a six goal scoring spree.

Paul O'Brien was the star man swooping for three goals overall and two early on to leave the visitors 5-7 to 1-4 up at the break.

Dublin were simply blown away despite a couple of goals from Conal Keaney and Kevin Flynn at either end of each half.

In between Waterford racked up the scores centre-forward Sean Ryan hit 0-5 with Allstar John Mullane hitting 1-1 on the day.

The second-half saw a Dublin revival with David Curtin converting some impressive frees.

However, a late goal from Waterford's star man, corner forward O'Brien, sealed a deserved big win for the Munster men.

Waterford: I O'Regan; B Phelan, D Prendergast, L Lawlor; D Coffey, T Browne, E Murphy; M Walsh, D Bennett (0-3); D Shanahan (1-0), S Ryan (0-5), J Kennedy (0-1); J Mullane (1-1), P Flynn (1-3), P O'Brien (3-3).

Subs.: S O'Sullivan (0-1) for Mullane 47, B Wall for Walsh 57, J Wall for Shanahan 66, A Kirwan for Browne 69.

Dublin: B McLoughlin; A de Paor, S Perkins, D O'Reilly; S Hiney, K Ryan, K Wilson; D Sweeney (0-2), R Fallon; C Keaney (1-0), D Curtin (0-7), L Ryan (0-1); K Flynn (1-0), S Martin (0-1), T Moore.

Subs.: S Daly for O'Reilly 25, S Mullen (0-1) for Flynn 57, C Meehan for K Ryan 61.

Referee: S Roche (Tipperary).