Dublin 2-23
Kildare 1-17
Fintan OโToole reports from Croke Park
ONCE THEY HAD two goals on the board after 11 minutes, there was a degree of inevitability about Dublinโs march to another Leinster senior final win this afternoon at Croke Park.
Underdogs Kildare may have notched the first point of the game courtesy of Daniel Flynn inside the opening seconds but when they shipped goals in the 10th minute to Dean Rock and less than a minute later to James McCarthy, the Lilywhites were in trouble.
To their credit, they rallied impressively before half-time. After 20 minutes Kildare trailed 2-4 to 0-1 but by the break had cut the gap to 2-8 to 0-10. Points from Johnny Byrne and Daniel Flynn were the pick of the bunch during that scoring spree.
However Dublin took over after the interval. With Rock having departed the action following a black card in the 23rd minute, Con OโCallaghan deputised in style as he wound up with a tally of 0-12 โ six of those points from dead balls.
Bernard Brogan seized his chance when coming on for Rock as he finished up with 0-5 from play.
Kildare had a glorious chance to hit the net in the 42nd minute when Daniel Flynn burst through but Stephen Cluxton was equal to his close-range shot.
It was 2-11 to 0-11 at that juncture and then Dublin kicked six of the next seven points in the game to move out of sight.
Kildare kept pushing until the finish and they did manage to raise a green flag deep in injury-time when Paddy Brophy gathered a high delivery from Eamonn Callaghan before nudging the ball to the net.
Yet the game concluded with Dublin nine points clear as they reigned supreme in Leinster once more.
Scorers for Dublin: Con OโCallaghan 0-12 (0-6f), Bernard Brogan 0-5, James McCarthy, Dean Rock 1-0 each, Ciaran Kilkenny 0-2, Paul Mannion, Paddy Andrews, Shane Carthy, Brian Howard 0-1 each.
Scorers for Kildare: Paddy Brophy 1-3 (0-1f), Kevin Feely 0-5 (0-4f), Daniel Flynn, Cathal McNally 0-2 each, Johnny Byrne, Keith Cribbin, Niall Kelly, David Slattery, Fionn Dowling 0-1 each.
Dublin
1. Stephen Cluxton (Parnells)
22. Philly McMahon (Ballymun Kickhams)
6. Cian OโSullivan (Kilmacud Crokes)
3. Michael Fitzsimons (Cuala)
4. Eric Lowndes (St Peregrineโs)
26. John Small (Ballymun Kickhams)
7. Jack McCaffrey (Clontarf)
5. James McCarthy (Ballymun Kickhams)
8. Brian Fenton (Raheny)
12. Con OโCallaghan (Cuala)
9. Ciarรกn Kilkenny (Castleknock)
10. Niall Scully (Templeogue Synge Street)
11. Paul Mannion (Kilmacud Crokes)
13. Paddy Andrews (St Brigidโs)
15. Dean Rock (Ballymun Kickhams)
Subs
18. Bernard Brogan (St Oliver Plunkettโs-Eoghan Ruadh) for Rock (black card) (24)
20. Shane Carthy (St Vincentโs) for Scully (47)
22. Darren Daly (Fingal Ravens) for McMahon (48)
23. Kevin McManamon (St Judes) for Andrews (51)
19. David Byrne (Naomh Olaf) for OโSullivan (58)
21. Brian Howard (Raheny) for Fenton (67)
Kildare
1. Mark Donnelan (Maynooth)
2. Mark OโGrady (Celbridge)
3. David Hyland (Athy)
4. Ollie Lyons (Celbridge)
5. Johnny Byrne (Allenwood)
6. Eoin Doyle (c) (Naas)
7. Keith Cribbin (Johnstownbridge)
8. Kevin Feely (Athy)
9. Tommy Moolick (Leixlip)
10. Fergal Conway (Celbridge)
11. Niall Kelly (Athy)
12. David Slattery (Confey)
13. Paddy Brophy (Celbridge)
14. Daniel Flynn (Johnstownbridge)
15. Cathal McNally (Johnstownbridge)
Subs
25. Paul Cribbin (Johnstownbridge) for Conway (44)
17. Fionn Dowling (Suncroft) for Moolick (48)
18. Peter Kelly (Two Mile House) for Doyle (52)
26. Ben McCormack (Sarsfields) for McNally (57)
21. Emmet Bolton (Eadestown) for Byrne (63)
19. Eamonn Callaghan (Naas) for Feely (black card) (64)
Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)
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Different gravy.
Good to see Jim Gavin sticking to his principles and giving RTE the two fingers over their disgraceful treatment of Diarmuid Connolly.
@Mark DeFriest: your inbox about to be spammed
@Mark DeFriest: get over yourself mate. Jim Gavin thinks heโs Mourinho walking around. Football in Leinster is a joke. Give Carlow, Wicklow, Longford 1.6 million and see how they do.
@Mark DeFriest: Hahaha youโd swear Diarmuid Connolly was a right choir boy the way youโre carrying on! Congratulations to Dublin but fair play to Kildare to fight back somewhat.
@Donnacha Bhoicaire: 1.6 million but how many are dubs, young men and play
@Donnacha Bhoicaire: haha BITTER
@BarryK: Bitter ? 60 thumbs up versus your 14 tells the story here I think.
@Mark DeFriest: it just makes him look bitter. He needs to get over it.
@Donnacha Bhoicaire: if it is all about population why have Kilkenny been so dominant in Hurling for over a decade. The population if Kerry is nit too high either and they have the best record in football. Seems you may want some lemon to go with your bitter.
@Donnacha Bhoicaire: We still had over a million when we were getting tanked by Tyrone and Kerry in 2008/09โฆ.we have the talent now. Get over it.
@Paul Fahey: Shhhhs facts doesnโt go down too well around here, you should know that at this stage.
@Paul Fahey: paul you sensible bolllox. Stop it
@Donnacha Bhoicaire: bitter, Kerry beat cork by more points and not a word out of you. Who do Kerry have to beat these days that are good? Youโre watching one of the great GAA teams of all time, sit back and admire, you bitter fool.
Cos kilkenny only play hurling?
@Don Juan: why arenโt London winning every All Ireland? :-)
@Donnacha Bhoicaire: your losing now pal
@Donnacha Bhoicaire: Iโve gone to many a gaa match and never have I seen โฌโฌโฌ kicking balls over or under the bar..
@รM: hahaha
@Donnacha Bhoicaire: yawn
@buntys dubs: dublin are as good as professional now with the money thatโs been given to them. The play every game in croke park which is a home game for them. People that sound bitter are giving facts. But u just call them bitter with nothin to back it up
@Martina OโRourke: Howya Parnell park is our home ground,The Leinster council which every County has a board member decides were the Dubs play.
Us Dubs love being on the road thatโs why the likes of Castlebar and Kilarney do be booked out for accommodation when we hit the town.
@Martina OโRourke: Pure whiney waffle.
@Martina OโRourke: count the games they have played at home and away this year then come back to us.
@Ollie Watson: the population of Dublin seems to go up by a hundred thousand every couple of months on the journal.
Weโll be up to 2 million by Septemberโฆ
@Ollie Watson: chicken and egg scenario. Only 15 lads out of population equal to 1/4 of the country get to start on a Dublin minor team. Itโs crazy.
@Don Juan: not even 90,000 people, 38 clubs in KK lad. Its called passion and love for a sport, why would you want to play the other inferior sports?
King Con.A new Dublin legend has come of age!Flawless display by a young man mature beyond his years!
Population in Kildare 222,000 should be doing better donโt have professional rugby team or soccer team
@Aidan O: what professional rugby team do Dublin have that Kildare donโt have?
@Aidan O: like everyone else Kildare doesnโt have a professional Gaelic football team either. Take a look at any soccer or rugby club in Kildare and theyโre full of kids who play those sports. Like every other county nowadays Gaelic football isnโt the only sport in town.
@Aidan O: how many of those 222,000 are Dublin blow-ins. Thereโs more Dublin flags in some estates than Kildare flags.
@Aidan O: Professional rugby players from Kildare;
Jamie Heaslip
Bob Casey
Geordan Murphy
Johne Murphy
Trevor Brennan
Fionn Carr
Fergus McFadden
James Tracey
Adam Byrne
Tadhg Beirne
Thereโs not counting players from other counties who learned their rugby in Kildare schools; Both Kearnys, Bernard Jackman, Buckley, DโArcy
Thatโs off the top of my head. Iโd say thatโs enough for any county
@Lorem Ipsum: you forgot devin toner.
@Aidan O:
What about the Leinster Lions.
@Aidan O: what professional rugby team do dublin have? Leinster is a provisial team. Funded by the irfu. Wat professional soccer team do they have? Ireland only has semi pro soccer teams
@Awkward Seal: you donโt think Dublin has blow ins? Weโve got more of them than anyone
Great game for Dublin to get at this stage,and a good few questions asked of them,at times their were huge gaps down the centre of their defence and against better opposition this will be punished,scoring 2-23 is all very good but 1-17 would win alot of games.Dublin must put the win aside and improve again if they are to land the All Ireland.
Colm o Rourke showed his deep colours again on the Sunday game commentary after the match with his comment โEamon Fitzmaurice revolutionised footballโ Yeah Colm was it by taking off your best forward when it looks likely you might beat the best team since the seventies,ha ha one kerryman should be enough on the commentary team ha ha.
@John Carroll:
Fitz has cost Kerry at least 2 all Irelands. Colm O Rourke loves him as hes a teacher also.
@John Carroll:
I agree. Taking of Paul Geaney was the worst ever decision by any manager in Croke Park.
@Con Murphy: Kerry should be going for 130 in a row this year. #kerrylogic
@Sean O Draighneain:
And donโt forget the hurling All Irelands. They only gave us one. Pure robbery.
Referee was pure muckโฆ. Last Dublin Goal should have stoodโฆ GAA better sort out the poor standards of the โmen in blackโ or fans will walk away
@Irish Spider-Man: couldnโt understand why bring it back unless he was gonna black card the player for the deliberate pull back. Makes no odds in the dying seconds but why blow the whistle and then not take the appropriate action
@Irish Spider-Man: Such nonsense. Dublin got everything, as usual, from yet another ref who was cowed by the League of Ireland boys on the Hill
How good would the Dubs be outside their home ground without the aid of the 16th man in his black jersey? Without their millions in sponsorship? (They can keep their extra million people) Weโll never know
@Lorem Ipsum: You must be having a laugh or taking hallucinogenic drugs. The ref gave almost every 50/50 to Kildare today. Millions in sponsorship doesnโt make good players. Mayo spent more than Dublin last year. Dublin played in Croke Park from 1983-1995 and from 1995-2011 and didnโt win an All-Ireland. Facts are poxy arenโt they??
@Lorem Ipsum: ah look , Iโm reading all the comments but calling the Dubs in Hill16 League of Ireland boys is the final straw . The League of Ireland would kill to get a crowd that big and that loyal .
@Thomas McGilly: โMillions in sponsorship donโt make good playersโ
Thatโs one of the most clueless comments Iโve ever seen. If the money doesnโt help, whatโs it for??
What are they doing with the money if itโs not improving the team? Are the nutritionists really that irrelevant? Are the physios that useless? Are the S&C staff that bad at their jobs? Are the free meals Dublin panellists get delivered to their doors just a fancy form of takeaway??
Why on earth are Dublin so opposed to pooling sponsorship if itโs not helping them??
Face it, youโre talking sh*te. Money helps.
@Lorem Ipsum: Money helps but is absolutely no guarantee of success, certainly not in the medium term. Whinge merchants like you point to issues like population, perceived favouritism by the GAA and the โDublin meedjaโ and sponsorship. What you donโt talk about are the huge sacrifices these players make, the leadership, the skill, the dedication, the tactics and the character of the players and management and the high performance culture that Pat Gilroy introduced and Jim Gavin has brought on. Why? Probably because itโs easier to bitch and whinge about issues that in real terms have a marginal impact on a teamโs performance than.
@Lorem Ipsum: god bless you really want to be a Dub x.
@Lorem Ipsum: yawn
@Irish Spider-Man: Ha the day people walk away from the GAA is the day heโll freezes over
men against boys.Dublin only at half steam.
The talent and movement of Dublins forward line is unreal. Can you imagine as a defender working your arse off for fifty minutes and then having the likes of Mcmenamin Brogan and Flynn coming at you for the last twenty
Dublin had a point that came back into play that should have counted
@Ollie Watson: They had more than that that should never have counted!
@Lorem Ipsum: I get what your saying but I mean literally
Weโll play whoever, wherever, whenever, wonโt change the outcome I donโt think
@Yvonne Finn: it wonโt or you donโt think; which is it?
@Rusty Nuts: my opinion is it wonโtโฆ. I am however not psychic
I am getting- actually gotten- fairly disillusioned with kildareโฆliving in the county for 23 years and i am sorry but be it sport, arts, education, any achievements- the hype around kids, adults when they โ winโ anything! Sorry! But we have 8 year old playing all gaa matches, training etc and once the lads even pass round 1 league, its โ we have practically won itโ . Kildare men- young and old need to stop the hype, hysteria, set the bar/standards a LOT higherโฆway too much mediocrity in kildare! Toughen up, train in the rain, and Mammies stop the pampering! True! Too soft!
@Margate: I think Kildare deserve credit for yesterday. Went toe to toe with Dublin which even Kerry, mayo wonโt, scored 1-17 and didnโt blame the ref or whinge at the end.
Youโd never see that in Kerry or mayo. Always looking for someone else to blame. Kildare were once famous for that too. Not anymore it seems. They look a fine young team to me whoโll get better
AIG t1t will run dry eventually and maybe dubs will play odd game away from home. Feely best player on show today; savage performance. Supervalu brogan good too
@Rusty Nuts: like the game against carlow ya meanโฆ
@Yvonne Finn: aye; like that but a bigger game
@Rusty Nuts: they do and they have
@Rusty Nuts: When the Dubs were losing in Croke Park were you still maintaining it was advantage then? Lazy whingeing as usual.
@Rusty Nuts: this Dublin team have been beating teams up and down the country for years. Venue wonโt make a difference. Class is class. Con OโCallaghan, 12 points today. The boy did good.
Insufferable Dubs again !
@Brian O Reilly: Ohh the wins get sweeter for the reaction of the Anti Dubs here :)
@Brian O Reilly: Howโs Sligo doing in the competition Brian? Oh waitโฆ
Just enjoy wonderful Gaelic football be proud we are unique love our national game.
Boring. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz no one actually cares except the dubs. Cricket is more entertaining than the rubbish we saw today. More media drivel about the wonderful dubs for another 12 months
@Ciaran Kehoe: You taught that game was boring very bizzare?
@Ciaran Kehoe: why comment then ya fool
@Ciaran Kehoe: seriously bitter comment there. Any true footballing fan, irrespective of county can appreciate the football played by Dublin. Kildale played their part today aswell.
Bit of a tip for you, if you find something boring skip on by and donโt bother fishing for bites ya melt!
@Ciaran Kehoe: Yet youโre contributing to the media โdrivelโ by commentingโฆ..Gold star first you ha ha.
@Ciaran Kehoe: Iโd say you loved every minute of it you want to be Dub
Whatโs the point in watching Dublin play anyone (specially in Leinster) I switched it off when McMeninam came onโฆdull, boring only waiting to see what Dublin would win by!! As a neutral itโs beyond a joke!
@Collette Butler: Kevin Mc came on after 50 mins, clearly not that dull and boring if you watched for that long.
@Ciara Baines: well ciara how did o gara play.
@Ciara Baines: I had shรฏtty internet so RTEฬ player was buffering alot
@Ciaran Kehoe: you obviously care if youโre going to take the time to post here!!
Wingers cornerโฆโฆ
Itโs all about August football now. Knockout begins
No second chance. Here comes the Super Eight. Keep paying your Sky subscription
@John Brennan: typically well-informed Journal commentโฆ.
@John Brennan:
I wonโt and I never will. See it in the pub.
@Con Murphy: youโll spend more money in the pub
Did Dublin bring on 7 subs? Daly, brogan, byrne, Howard, mcmanamon,small, carthyโฆ probably a blood sub in there but wasnโt announced at stadium.
@Darragh Curtin: small startedโฆ
@Yvonne Finn: yeah Small started instead of OโGara, in a different position obviously.
@Darragh Curtin: Did you watch the game?
@Ciara Baines: I was at the gameโฆ
Scully,O Callaghan and Brogan all played well. Fenton was shit. I know Iโm asking an anti dub brigade but what was that black card for ? The ref was shit in my opinion
@Ollie Watson: rock tripped his man, its a black card in the rule book. Ye he was a shit ref for both sides. Good to see kildare give us a decent game
@Ollie Watson: Ref was shite and black card was pathetic but Fenton was excellent. His job was to break thr ball over Feelyโs head and he did a great job. Not perfect, but Feelyโs would roast most midfielders and Fenton broke even
@Lorem Ipsum: Fenton was shit you must have been watching the Down game
@ryan o sullivan: true
Reading the Leinster Leader about 4/5 weeks ago, i thought definitelyโฆand hopefully..a shock might be- remotely- on the cards with kildare v dubs. Cian O Neill started a lot of the hype, had the damn game almost won- so typically kildare! Less interviews by Cian, less guest appearances, less gigs in general- get on with the job, man. You too added hugely to the disproportionate hype in kildare. Take responsibility NOWโฆkeep things simple in kildare, do the BASICS wellโฆ.or not.
@Margate: His players could also do with focusing on the game and staying off snapchat and instagram in the lead up to a big match. One in particular seems more focused on getting likes than anything else.
Comments closed on Halawa,really! Too much positive feedback from the insular neanderthals?
Funny thing is, this final was more competitive than the Munster final, equal with the Connacht final. But theyโll only moan about Leinster because the dubs win it. Simple as that.