League Champions take crown with 3-1 win over St. Pat's
Shamrock Rovers opened the new campaign in style with a comprehensive victory over St Patrick's Athletic to win the Men's President's Cup at Tallaght Stadium.
A scoreless opening 45 in front of over 8,000 supporters at the atmospheric Dublin venue, however, the reigning league champions stepped up the levels in the second half.
Josh Honahan headed home in between a Trevor Clarke brace as the Hoops cruised to secure their first silverware of the season, with Jamie Lennon's consolation coming in injury time with the contest well and truly over.
Shamrock Rovers: Leon Pohls; Joshua Honohan, Sean Kavanagh (Trevor Clarke HT), Sean Hoare (Cian Barrett 75), Daniel Cleary (Lee Grace HT), Neil Farrugia (Dylan Watts HT), Darragh Nugent, Markus Poom (Gary O'Neill HT), Conan Noonan, Darragh Burns; Aaron Greene (capt) (Rory Gaffney HT)
St Patrick’s Athletic: Marcelo Pitaluga; Aaron Bolger, Conor Keeley, Joe Redmond (capt), Anthony Brelin; Jamie Lennon, Christopher Forrester (Jason McClelland 58), Brandon Kavanagh (Cian Kavanagh 62), Jake Mulraney (Axel Sjoeberg 75), Kian Leavy (Alex Nolan 83); Ruairi Keating (Mason Melia 83)
Referee: Damien MacGraith
