LIVE BLOG: Follow the action live as Naas take on Moorefield

LIVE BLOG: Follow the action live as Naas take on Moorefield

Champions Naas begin their hunt for a fifth successive Senior Football Championship title against Moorefield at Cedral St Conleths Park

Full time - The players and management of Moorefield look gutted at the end, this was a big chance of major upset win against the four-in-row champions, Naas got out of jail a little bit but at the same time, they are champions for a reason and came up with the answers when needed. Watch out for Richard Commins' report online very shortly.

Full time - The champions survive a major scare - Naas 2-14 Moorefield 2-10

64 mins - Moorefield switch off after a free kick in the midfield and Naas get in for Darragh Kirwan goal - Naas 2-14 Moorefield 2-10

62 mins - 1 more minute of injury time to be played, Moorefield desperately hunting a levelling score but Tyrrell's effort is wide, will they get another chance?

60 mins- Fintan Quinn with his first of the game - Naas 1-14 Moorefield 2-10

59 mins - Darragh Kirwan off the mark for Naas - Moorefield 2-10 Naas 1-13

58 mins - What a move by Moorefield, ends with Evan O'Brien palming the ball into the net, what a game! Moorefield 2-10 Naas 1-12 

56 mins - Alex Beirne sends Kinsella the wrong way and 14 man Naas are back in the lead - Naas 1-12 Moorefield 1-10 

55 mins - Foul by Kevin Murnaghan on Paddy McDermott

55 mins - Penalty for Naas!

54 mins - Adam Tyrrell strikes the upright

53 mins - Murray fires just inches over the Naas crossbar, this game has been turned on it's head, the champions are rocking - Moorefield 1-10 Naas 0-12 

52 mins - All square now, Murray scores. Moorefield answering back Naas' best spell with a purple patch of their own - Naas 0-12 Moorefield 1-9

52 mins - Naas down to 14 men as Jack McKevitt is shown a second yellow card

51 mins - Goal for Moorefield! Mark Murray's long range free drops short, Adam Tyrrell grabs it and lashes home a shot! Game on! Naas 0-12 Moorefield 1-8 

48 mins - Naas introduce Darragh Kirwan in place of Kevin Cummins and just seconds after his introduction he crashes a shot off the crossbar, the fourth time Naas have hit the woodwork this evening 

48 mins - Evan O'Brien ends the run of Naas scores - Naas 0-12 Moorefield 0-8 

47 mins - Alex Beirne now for Naas - Naas 0-12 Moorefield 0-7 

46 mins - Paul McDermott scores his second of the game, Moorefield struggling now - Naas 0-11 Moorefield 0-7 

45 mins - Alex Beirne's shot pushed over by Tom Kinsella, Naas upping the pressure - Naas 0-10 Moorefield 0-7 

43 mins - There was a flurry of subs there, Jason Phillips and Ryan Houlihan for Dan O'Callaghan and James Murray for Moorefield, Fintan Quinn and Cathal Daly for Neil Aherne and Elliott Beirne

43 mins - Sinkey scores his fourth of the game Naas 0-9 Moorefield 0-7 

41 mins - A poor Liam Healy pass out of defence is intercepted by Alex Beirne and Moorefield needed Kevin Murnaghan at the back post to push the ball behind, Alex Beirne converts the 45 - Naas 0-8 Moorefield 0-7 

40 mins - Evan O'Brien's dipping shot needed to pushed over the bar well by Luke Mullins - Naas 0-7 Moorefield 0-7

38 mins - An Elliott Beirne wide is followed by Dermot Hanafin dropping a shot short, Naas haven't shot well in front of the posts this evening

35 mins - Evan O'Brien converts the free he won himself, first score of the game not from play - Naas 0-7 Moorefield 0-6

33 mins - This game is being played on the Thursday night due to Brian Byrne getting married this weekend and he has just scored a cracking two pointer to put Naas back into the lead for the first time since the opening score - Naas 0-7 Moorefield 0-5 

32 mins - Jack McKevitt is shown a yellow card for an off the ball clash with Ciaran Kelly

31 mins - Second half is underway and just seconds after the restart Alex Beirne is off target

Half time - Moorefield have had the wind, played well in patches and had a four point lead at one stage but still the sides go level at the break and Naas will have the elements behind them after the break

31 mins - Paul McDermott's first involvement is to kick an equalising score - Moorefield 0-5 Naas 0-5

30 mins - Moorefield's Aaron Masterson shown the first yellow card of the game, 1 minute of injury time to be played

29 mins - Jack McKevitt scores to leave a point between the teams - Moorefield 0-5 Naas 0-4

27 mins - A first half sub for Naas, Paul McDermott comes on for Brian Stynes

24 mins - Plenty of animation on the sideline with the linesman on the stand side signaling at one stage for an apparent three up infringement but it was ignored by referee Niall Colgan 

22 mins - Led my Mark Dempsey and the irrepressible veterans Liam Callaghan and Kevin Murnaghan, Moorefield have defended well so far with Naas having most of the ball 

18 mins - Ryan Sinkey lands a two pointer, Naas needed that - Moorefield 0-5 Naas 0-3

18 mins - Now Naas hit the opposite post, Neil Ahern the unlucky man

16 mins - Evan O'Brien fires over off his left, Moorefield going well at the moment  - Moorefield 0-5 Naas 0-1

15 mins - Best move of the match so far by Naas, Elliott Beirne fed the ball inside to Jack McKevitt but from close range his shot hit the post and went wide

14 mins - Even better than his first, and from the opposite site, Ciaran Kelly curls over another beauty of a two pointer- Moorefield 0-4 Naas 0-1

10 mins - Superb two point score by Moorefield's Ciaran Kelly - Moorefield 0-2 Naas 0-1

8 mins - The wides continue to mount for Naas as Alex Beirne is off target from a 45

6mins - Naas a little wasteful so far, they've kicked two wides and dropped one short in the early stages while playing into the wind

3 mins - Ryan Sinkey opens the scoring after a Naas counter attack - Naas 0-1 Moorefield 0-0

7.32pm - Slightly later than planned, referee Niall Colgan throws the ball in

7.29pm - The teams are in. County stars Ryan Houlihan and Darragh Kirwan are among the respective benches

Naas: Luke Mullins: Rob Fitzgerald, Mark Maguire, Jamie McGuirk, Jack McKevitt, Brian Byrne, Paddy McDermott; Eoin Doyle, Brian Stynes; Kevin Cummins, Dermot Hanafin, Elliott Beirne, Neil Aherne, Ryan Sinkey. 

Moorefield: Tom Kinsella; Liam Callaghan, Mark Dempsey, Liam Healy, James Murray, Kevin Murnaghan, Luke Sweeney; Ryan Moore, Aaron Masterson; Eoin Meehan, Ciaran Kelly, Mark Murray, Evan O'Brien, Dan O'Callaghan, Adam Tyrrell

7.23pm -Interesting to see the contrasting approaches to the respective warm ups. Naas were on the field before 7pm and have gone back int the dressing room, Moorefield didn't come out on to the field until about 7.10pm and are still going through some tough work in two seperate groups under the watch eyes of manager Frank Hanniffy and Deckie O'Toole 

7.20pm - Just over ten minutes to go before the first game of this year's Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship. Champions Naas begin their Drive for Five against Moorefield. We'll have team news very shortly.

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