Passage played with the advantage of a stiff breeze in the opening half  but, could only muster a total of four points, due to the outstanding defensive performance of the Brian Dillons backline. A goal ,from the penalty spot, scored by Cillian Brosnan after eleven minutes play, helped Brian Dillons to a 1-3 to 0-4 interval lead. With the wind to their backs, in the second half, Brian Dillons began to dominate proceedings and proceeded to race into a lead of 1-9 to 0-7, after 45 minutes play. Two minutes later, Cillian Brosnan tucked away his second penalty kick of the evening, and the game was as good as over at that stage. Team boss, Alan Whelan, proceeded to empty the bench for the closing thirteen minutes in which Brian Dillons outscored their opponents by six points to one. The Brian Dillons scorers were;Cillian Brosnan,2-4,(2-0 pens;0-1 free) Tomas Lawrence, 0-3; Dave Cremin,0-3; Colm O"Connor, Darren McGrath, Dave O"Leary, Mark Buckley and Shane Maher, 0-1 each.  The Brian Dillons team lined out as follows; Paul McCarthy; Martin Corbett; Edmund Hussey; Andrew Murphy; Colm O"Connor; Cian McCarthy; Kevin Coughlan; Tomas Lawrence; Darragh Brosnan; John Noonan; Darren McGrath; Philip O"Brien; Dave Cremin; Cillian Brosnan; and Dave O"Leary;    Subs; Michael Noonan for Martin Corbett (42 mins.); Mark Buckley for Philip O"Brien (45 mins.); Tom Harrington for Andrew Murphy (49 mins.);Shane Maher for Cian McCarthy (51 mins); Danny Murphy for Dave Cremin (53 mins.); and Dave O"Donoghue for Kevin Coughlan (57 mins);