Dessie Farrell’s new side taking shape but league champions had very little to offer in one-sided contest
Seán Bugler and Brian Howard exceptional as Dublin swat Derry aside with 11-point winAfter a decent opening, Derry faded from view entirely as the first half wore on. They were unlucky to see a Shane McGuigan punched effort come back off the inside of the post on 16 minutes – it trickled along the line and was cleared by Evan Comerford. Had it gone in, Derry would have gone 1-5 to 0-3 clear. As it was, a McGuigan free soon after was their last score of the half.
For starters, they were going to need to make some sort of impression on their own kick-out. Brian Howard had lorded midfield throughout the opening half and he started the second period intent on repeating the dose. Derry did come with a quick flurry 10 minutes after the break, with Brendan Rodgers pinging a goal after a sharp pass from Ethan Doherty. And when Cahir McMonagle followed that up with a towering score in the next breath, the gap was down to six. Six points under the new rules isn’t nothing but it is at least still an open question.Not this time, it wasn’t. Con O’Callaghan came off the bench and swished a point, Bugler put up his sixth of the night.
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