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Wed 07 Jul 2007Dominant Rovers climb tableShamrock Rovers ... 2 Waterford Utd ... 0They left it late, but goals from Gerard Rowe and Tadhg Purcell gave Shamrock Rovers a merited win as they regained third place in the Premier Division table.Waterford came, competed and frustrated Rovers for much of the game, before collapsing on 81 minutes as Rowe, on as a 63rd-minute substitute, broke the deadlock.