Our under 15's welcomed Naas AFC to Whitegates this afternoon in round 3 of the National cup. The lads put in their best performance of the year to come away with a 3-0 win. Rovers started on the front foot from the first whistle with Brandon Battams causing the away team all sorts of trouble with his power and pace and direct running. Rovers scored their first from the penalty spot when they worked it well down the left before Georgie O'Neill was clipped in the box. Charlie Czwalina made no mistake from the spot to score his 17th of the season. Rovers kept pressing and had chances from Alex Earls and Evan Conyard who shot over from twenty yards. The second half started the same with Rovers on the front foot. Ten minutes into the second half Brandon Battams got in between two defenders and used his pace and power to hold off the centre back to finish neatly to put Rovers two goals up. Rovers were dominant in possession and were creating some good chances but it wasn’t until five minutes from time when a well worked set piece set up Jack Macklin to head the ball in for Rovers third and a deserved victory which sees them into the semi final of the South Leinster region of the National cup. Standout performances all over the pitch today with special mention to Matthew Keene in goal and Brandon Battams who was a hand full all day up front.