Bruton brace seals Waterford win

Waterford United 3 Shelbourne 1

Willie Bruton was Blues' super sub with two goals to stop Shelbourne regaining the leadership of the table.

Jason Byrne scored his 14th league goal of the season when sidefooting home from Alan Moore’s pass for Shels’ lead on 18 minutes.

Dan Connor then made good stops from Moore and Ollie Cahill to keep Blues in the match while Alan Cawley shot against the bar in between.

Blues levelled on 40 minutes when Daryl Murphy set up substitute Willie Bruton to shoot past Steve Williams.

Bruton toe-poked home a second from Kevin Waters' pass to put Blues in front on 71 minutes.

David Mulcahy then put the gloss on the win with a third goal eight minutes later.