Dylan Watts wonder strike keeps Rovers in the title hunt

Shamrock Rovers earned a vital three points in the bid for a fifth league title in a row with a late, late show at Weavers Park.

Dylan Watts was the hero with a goal-of-the-season contender to keep the Hoops two points behind leaders Shelbourne with just two games to go.

I na tension filled encounter the hosts, with the knowledge that a win would put them a single point behind relegation play-off rivals Bohemians who don't line out until Saturday,

But the four-in-a-row Champions faced a big week themselves, with Larne lurking on the horizon in Europe on Thursday night and a Sunday evening trip back up the M1 to face somewhat of a bogey side in Dundalk, but Stephen Bradley went all guns blazing naming a strong 11 in a cauldron like atmosphere.

The in-form Jack Byrne began pulling the strings in midfield, finding wideman Darragh Burns on the right on a number of occasions early on and the diminutive attacker was creating chaos in the Drogheda backline with low early crosses.

One of which eventually resulted in the closest either side came to scoring in the opening exchanges as Lee Grace rose highest to get on the end of a whipped Byrne corner, heading just wide.

The game began to breathe as set-pieces seemed the order of the day with both sides looking threatening, as Shane Farrell and Byrne seemed to go head-to-head to see who could create first. Andrew Quinn got in behind a deep free-kick from Farrell with the ball eventually being scrambled away to safety.

And minutes later another Byrne corner was just half cleared, falling kindly to Dylan Watts who’s volley took a wicked deflection but flew straight into the hands of the grateful Luke Dennison.

Finglas man, Farrell, doing his best to help his former side Shelbourne in the