An Riocht continued their campaign with an away match to Clonduff not knowing how they would react following their superb display against league stalwarts Ballycran.

Clonduff are undoubtedly the yardstick this side of the water and those pundits who forecast an easy game were again proved wrong by a determined, disciplined and courageous Clonduff outfit. From the outset An Riocht quickly realised that they were in a match of high intensity and it was left to the inform Niamh Mulhern to register the first two scores against the run of play followed by a point from her county colleague Lisa Hughes which gave the Kingdom team an early lead, Niamh again stepped up to the mark with a further well taken long distance point before the new kid on the bloc for An Riocht Jannie Magee registered a point at full forward to leave the Kingdom with a commanding lead.

This score did not really reflect the true tempo of the game and deservedly Clonduff smashed home a goal to reduce and marginalise the score.

Laura Brennan responded for the away team and the bubbly Niamh Mulhern registered again with a point before half time to leave the score

Clonduff 1-00 (3) An Riocht 0-07 (7)

The second half started at a dramatic pace with Hilltown in the ascendancy. The An Riocht midfield of Ciara Cunningham, Aishling Clarke and Laura Brennan had to be at their best to hold Clonduff while Louise Rodgers and Joanna Sloan settled everything down to repel the home team. Aine O Reilly was superb particularly with her ground strokes while Marie Trainor minimised the Clonduff attack with some brilliant interceptions and Clara Killen was tenacious and commanding in everything that she did Despite the defensive efforts of An Riocht a determined Clonduff registered the first point of the second half before the brilliant Coleen Fearon took control as a make shift Centre half to deliver a ball to Laura Brennan who rattled it over the bar to settle things down for An Riocht. The forwards for An Riocht started to make headway with points from county stars Niamh Mulhern and Lisa Hughes. Amazingly goalkeeper Joanna Sloan registered a point from a well taken free to ensure victory for the away side. This left the impetus very much with An Riocht and Niamh Mulhern took a great long range point before the tireless work rate of Jannie Magee brought two goals in quick succession (one of them in a Gooch Cooper football fashion) led to a final score of

Clonduff 1-01 (4) An Riocht 2-12 (18)

The result was maybe a bit flattering to An Riocht but still showed their strength in depth against a strong Clonduff team which to their credit never gave up trying

An Riocht: Joanna Sloan, Louise Rodgers, Aine O Reilly, Marie Trainor, Clara Killen, Ciara Trainor, Aishling Clarke, Laura Brennan, Niamh Mulhern, Lisa Hughes, Coleen Fearon, Emma Jane Magee,

Subs. Sophie Colgan, Ciara Trainor, Ella Colgan,Eilish Mulholland, Orla Cunningham, Emily Keenan,Sarah Jane Harpur, Shaunesse Harpur, Ruth Colgan, Ciara Trainor, Nicole Kelly