Johnston 0-5 Merlins Bridge.

MERLINS Bridge crushed Johnston to win by a five-goal winning margin at Glebelands.

This was the Wizards’ first win in four games as skipper Stephen McNabney opened the scoring midway through the first period, after earlier being denied by a cracking save by Tigers’ keeper Joel Codd.

The second-half was one-way traffic as the Wizards poured forward and cashed in with further goals by Luke Hayward, Nathan Thomas, Scott Crawford and Nathan Greene.

The pick of the goals was Hayward’s against his former Tigers’ team-mates, lashing home from 20 yards out. McNabney could have added a sixth, but the striker saw his late penalty crash off the crossbar.

Johnston: Joel Codd, Martin John, Sion Price, Ross Williams, Ashley Sheehan, Ben Phillips, Andrew Murray, Jamie Picton, Gary James, Steven Mills, Ryan Doyle. Subs: Chris Fitzpatrick, Lewis Boswell.

Merlins Bridge: Chris Thomas, Paul Thomas, Chris Ormond, Andrew John, Matthew D’Ivry, Nathan Thomas, Dai Davies, Lee Hudgell, Luke Hayward, Stephen McNabney, Nathan Greene, James Skudder.

Referee: Sean O’Connor.