Our Leinster Senior League team welcomed high flying Rosemount Mulvey to Whitegates tonight for what would be a stern test for the lads. The away team sat in second place in the table with two games in hand a point behind the leaders. Rovers got off to a dream start with less than a minute on the clock when Ciaran McGettigan nipped in to put Rovers one up, the best possible start. After that it was mostly played in the Rosemount Mulvey half but it wasn’t until twenty minutes in that Rovers created another clear cut chance and Dylan Orr made no mistake to put Rovers 2-0 up and suddenly Rovers had a cushion. Five minutes later things got even better for Rovers, Ciaran McGettigan got his second and Rovers third when he got on the end of a Nathan Sullivan cross to head home to give them a commanding 3-0 lead. Just before the break Ciaran completed his hat-trick when he ran at the away defence before slotting home to send Rovers in 4-0 in front at the break. Anything Ciaran McGettigan touched turned to gold and two minutes into the second period he beat the away defence for pace, rounded the keeper to fire home his fourth to make it 5-0. In the fifty first minute Tommy Smullen's fierce drive was turned onto the post by the keeper and this was a sign of what was to follow soon after. A minute later Tommy's shot had too much power for the keeper as the ball flashed by him to nestle in the net to make it 6-0. At this stage everytime Rovers ventured forward they looked like scoring. In the fifty seventh minute Sam Brown got on the end of a JT Moorehouse through ball to fire past the keeper for number seven. Midway through the half the away side were awarded a penalty which they duly tucked away for a consolation goal. Sam Brown completed his hat-trick with a brace of powerful efforts within a minute at the eighty second minute mark. It was an excellent all round performance from the whole squad. Every goal scored was in a clinical fashion, everything just seem to click all over the field. As for a man of the match there were many candidates. At the centre of the defence Rikki Quinn and Ross O'Brien were exceptional and never put a foot wrong. The midfield operated smoothly as a unit and then there was a hat-trick from Sam Brown. But when it comes to the final decision on man of the match there wouldn’t be too many who would disagree with Ciaran McGettigan. Ciaran netted four times and all came before the game was totally killed off. Each goal had a touch of class and showed off Ciaran's all round ability. One was a header, another showed his pace and coolness, with another coming from his ability to run at defenders. Ciaran is consistent with his performances and strikes fear into defences. All this was done inside the first fifty minutes before he was substituted. In truth the team turned in their most impressive performance of the season. Well done lads.