De La Salle’s Eoin Madigan slots the ball past Stradbally 'keeper Eoin Cunningham at Walsh Park.                                                                           | Photos: Michael Kiely

De La Salle’s Eoin Madigan slots the ball past Stradbally 'keeper Eoin Cunningham at Walsh Park. | Photos: Michael Kiely

De La Salle 2-24; Stradbally 1-8

County champions De La Salle got the defence of their title off to a very good start when they enjoyed an emphatic 19-point victory over Stradbally in Walsh Park last Saturday evening.

A Robert Ahearne free cancelled out John Mullane’s opening score; the De La Salle talisman cutting a refreshed figure upon return from his honeymoon.