The Kildare school defeated Moate CS on a scoreline of 0-11 to 0-9.
NAAS CBS ARE Leinster schools football champions for the fourth time in the last five campaigns, after they held off a late surge from Moate Community School to secure a narrow victory at the end of a tense and exciting encounter in Portlaoise this afternoon.
The Midlanders certainly carried that momentum into the first quarter of this tie, as a brace of frees and a well-taken point from Conor Fox helped them into an 0-3 to 0-1 lead. However, Naas CBS began to get their rhythm going from that stage, and they took control of the tie with some outstanding defensive work from players like Eoin Lawlor and Cian Boran, as well as patient and accurate possession football up front that carved out good scoring chances.
David O’Reilly, Donal Shirley and Adam Daly were all working hard to win ball at midfield and O’Reilly’s incredible fielding in particular helped Moate CS to stay in the game. But once Carl Lennox struck twice from a free and from play, Naas pushed their lead out to five points and looked to be completely in control.
Goals win games however, and in this instance, Moate CS fell just short of winning because of their two goal chances that they failed to take. Ronan Murray looked like he had done enough when he took a pass and held off a defender before looping an angled shot over the head of Fintan Quinn, only to watch in agony as the ball bounced back off the post and into play.
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