WNL round-up: Peamount United crush Cork City as Shelbourne slip up at DLR Waves

Peamount United thumped Cork City 8-1 to move three points clear at the top of the SSE Airtricity Women's National League as title rivals Shelbourne lost 1-0 to DLR Waves.

DLR Waves 1-0 Shelbourne

A big result for The Waves as the home side collected all three points at the UCD Bowl.

Both sides started the game off well with Shelbourne keeping majority of possession in the first half. When the Waves did break, they managed to find good space on the counter.

GOAL ⚽️ | DLR Waves 1-0 Shelbourne The Waves break the deadlock just before halftime through Katie Malone!#WNL | #LOITV pic.twitter.com/PQOMhRpZIX

On the stroke of half-time, Katie Malone chipped a lovely ball over Amanda Budden to give her side the lead, a lovely finish from DLR's No 10 against the run of play.

The second half started similar to the first, with both sides eager to score the all-important second goal of the game. DLR Waves had some better chances in the second half, with Katie Malone and Rachel Doyle both coming extremely close for the home side.

Shelbourne had some great chances towards the end of the game, with substitute Gloria Douglas getting in behind the Waves defence, but striking the ball over the bar in the dying stages of the game.

A frustrating afternoon for the champions, but a great result that DLR Waves will be proud of.

Peamount United 8-1 Cork City

Áine O'Gorman fired her way to the top of the Evoke.ie Golden Boot leaderboard with five goals to bring her overall tally for the season to eight goals from seven games.

When O'Gorman is fired up, it usually leads to a Peamount win and there was little that Cork City could do the prevent that at PRL Park with the Peas captain hitting a first-half hat-trick and Karen Duggan making it 4-0 before the