Portaferry cruised to a fifth successive Down Senior Hurling title as they eased past Ballygalget 2-28 to 2-17 in the final at Pairc Esler.

Ballygalget led 2-11 to 1-13 at half-time after goals from Shea Pucci and Cathal Coulter.

But the holders were in blistering form after the break and claimed an 11-point win for the second successive year.

Portaferry have now won three consecutive finals against Ballygalget as they ended their championship season unbeaten.

Ciaran Milligan scored an early goal for Portaferry after five minutes but Ballygalget responded well as Pucci rattled in a goal on nine minutes.

Ballygalget managed to keep pace with their opponents for the majority of a back-and-forth first half and Coulter scored their second goal on 27 minutes.

A late Eoin Pucci free then gave them the slender advantage at the break, which was quickly extinguished after a fast start to the second period from Portaferry.

Eoghan Sands scored their second goal in a run of six successive scores which ultimately put the game beyond Ballygalget, who were unable to make much headway in chipping away at the sizeable gap.

Portaferry finished strong and had another dominant spell late in the game, registering the last seven points in a row to retain the title.