Shamrock Rovers secured a dramatic 3-2 victory over Dundalk at a raucous Tallaght Stadium in a pulsating Premier Division encounter. The Hoops drew first blood in the third minute through a well-taken strike from Dylan Watts. Dundalk responded swiftly, levelling the score in the fifteenth minute courtesy of Robert Cornwall, assisted by Tom Grivosti. However, Rovers regained their lead just four minutes later when Michael Noonan found the net, set up by Watts once again. The Lilywhites, undeterred, fought back and equalised through Daryl Horgan in the twenty-seventh minute. The decisive moment arrived in the thirty-eighth minute when Jonathan Afolabi struck, ultimately sealing all three points for the home side in a match punctuated by several yellow cards and numerous substitutions.