Our Leinster Senior team took on Dunboyne AFC this afternoon at Whitegates. The lads made the early running and had a couple of gilt edged chances but failed to hit the target. Ten minutes in Conor Clack was called on in the Rovers goal to save well. Both sides were guilty of wasting chances in front of goal but it was the away side who drew first blood when they fired home after twenty eight minutes. The away side doubled their lead on thirty five minutes but Rovers hit straight back when Sam Brown finished off a beautiful through ball from Ian Brannigan. Disaster struck for Rovers six minutes after the restart when a long ball over the top caught Rovers napping to give Dunboyne their third. Rovers didn't drop the heads and they came roaring back four minutes later, Adam Cox who impressed when introduced from the bench took the ball down, played a defence splitting pass for Mick Delaney to blast home to reduce the deficit. Just after the hour mark David O'Connor headed narrowly wide from a corner. Rovers created alot of half chances but couldn’t carve out a clear opening. Jamie Power fired in at the back post but the keeper was in the right place. Then Rovers got caught with a suckerpunch when the away side broke upfield to seal the three points with a fourth. In the last minute Jamie Power showed great strength to shake off the defender before setting up Adam Cox whose goalbound shot was superbly saved by the keeper. Rovers will be disappointed to drop three points here as their efforts deserved something from the game. David O'Connor, Tommy Smullen, Adam Cox and Mick Delaney stood out for Rovers. Doc edged the man of the match accolade with his whole hearted contribution to the team, first upfront and then when he moved into defence.