O’Connor brace gets Seagulls off mark

Skipper Danny O’Connor was the hero as his two second-half goals earned Bray Wanderers their first PremierDivision points of the season in a five-goal thriller at the Belfield Bowl last night.

Striker Jason Byrne put the visitors ahead on the half hour when clinically heading home from close range past keeper Darren Quigley after a Marty Waters cross from the left was miscued by UCD defender Paul O’Connor.

The Students were level four minutes before the interval when Bray defender Conor Butler was yellow-carded after taking down Chris Lyons in the box. Graham Rusk made no mistake with the resulting penalty.