Tipperary 0-14
Dublin 0-12
TIPPERARY MADE HISTORY as they pulled off a remarkable second-half comeback and dethroned All-Ireland U21 football champions Dublin.
Tipp scored 11 of their 14 points in the second half to stun the Dubs and book their place in the All-Ireland final for the very first time.
Dublin looked to be on course for their second consecutive U21 final after Shane Carty extended their lead to 0-8 to 0-3 just after half time but the Premier County staged a roaring comeback.
The first half belonged to Dessie Farrell’s men though, with Conor McHugh kicking three points to give the reigning champions a 0-7 to 0-3 advantage at the break.
The game began to turn when Josh Keane pointed five minutes into the second half to cut the gap to four. Three more scores followed in the next ten minutes before Cormac Costello hit back for the Dubs to give them a two-point lead.
But Tipperary couldn’t be denied and further scores from Keane, Jason Lonergan and a Kevin O’Halloran brace saw the Munster champions go in front.
Ross Mulcahy and David Byrne swapped scores as the Dubs drew level but Stephen O’Brien engineered a bit of space in front of the posts to put Tiperrary ahead once more in injury time.
The champions couldn’t respond, and one last O’Halloran free saw the Premier men book their place in their first ever All-Ireland final at the U21 age grade.
They will face Tyrone, who beat Roscommon 0-17 to 0-12 in Saturday’s second semi-final.
Scorers for Tipperary: Kevin O’Halloran 0-4 (3f), Josh Keane 0-3 (3f), Steven O’Brien, Colin O’Riordan 0-2 each, Ross Mulcahy, Liam Casey, Jason Lonergan 0-1 each.
Scorers for Dublin: Conor McHugh (1f), Cormac Costello (3f) 0-4 each, Shane Carthy 0-2, Colm Basquel, David Campbell 0-1 each.
DUBLIN
1. Lorcan Molloy (St Annes)
2. Martin Cahalane (Cuala)
3. David Byrne (Naomh Olaf)
4. Eoin Murchan (Na Fianna)
5. Eric Lowndes (St Peregrine’s)
6. Conor Mulally (Cuala)
7. Ross McGowan (Kilmacud Crokes)
8. Stephen Cunningham (St Sylvester’s)
9. Shane Carthy (Naomh Mearnóg)
25. Aonghus Farrell (Na Fianna)
11. Andrew Foley (Clontarf)
12. Niall Scully (Templeogue Synge-Street)
13. Cormac Costello (Whitehall Colmcille)
14. Conor McHugh (Na Fianna)
15. Colm Basquel (Ballyboden St-Enda’s)
Substitutes:
26. Shane Cunningham for Stephen Cunningham (25)
24. Shane Clayton for Foley (45)
17. Eoin Fletcher for Cahalane (49, black card)
Aaron Byrne for Basquel (49)
20. David Campbell for Scully (52)
TIPPERARY
1. Evan Comerford (Kilsheelan Kilcash)
2. Kevin Fahey (Clonmel Commercials)
3. Jimmy Feehan (Killenaule)
4. Colm O’Shaughnessy (Ardfinnan)
5. Ross Mulcahy (Moyle Rovers)
6. Luke Boland (Moyle Rovers)
7. Bill Maher (Kilsheelan Kilcash)
8. Steven O’Brien (Ballina)
9. Colin O’Riordan (JK Brackens)
10. Jason Lonergan (Clonmel Commercials)
11. Ian Fahey (Clonmel Commercials)
12. Liam Casey (Cahir)
13. Kevin O’Halloran (Portroe)
14. Josh Keane (Golden Kilfeacle)
15. Paul Maher (Kilsheelan Kilcash)
Substitutes:
Dean McEnroe for P Maher (59)
Great result for Tipp football. Serious determination shown by our lads. Hard luck to the dubs gave it your all. Tipp Abú
Roscommon v Tipperary final would be great for football.
Both play a nice brand of football.
Connaught u21 final is how the beautiful game should be played, not the puke we see every week.
Roscommon v Tipperary final would be great for football.
Both play a nice brand of football.
Connaught u21 final is how the beautiful game should be played, not the puke we see every week.
Best of luck to the Tipp team v Tryone.
Gutted for our lads but well done Tipperary. Deserved winners on the day. Hope you go on to win it now.
Hard luck Dublin.
Fantastic win today , be nice to finish the job now, have to say very impressed by tipps attitude ,
Deserved win for Tipperary, best of luck in 2 weeks time
Well done tipp hope u win it now beat us in minor in 2011 great work in a big hurling county hope u finish the job in 2 weeks and land in a senior munster with this group in the future. Hard luck dublin.
Knew this would be a close one after they beat us at minor and came through Munster this year, its a very good tipp team, hope they win it out now.
Great attitude, determination and no little skill by the Tipp lads. Thought at half time they had a massive chance as Dublin had played really defensively despite having a big wind advantage.
Great finish to the game, lot of lads on that Tipp team already have Minor medals from 2011 so they’ll be looking to complete the set! Great performances by Steven O Brien & Colin O Riordan to name just two lads I thought were excellent. Hard luck on Dublin there was a great finish to the game but I thought the best team won overall
Tipp have done some massive work at underage level in the past good few years and I suppose their starting to reap the rewards now, lots of work being done underage in clubs that would have traditionally been hurling mostly, with maybe 1 Junior football team.
I’d say hurling will always be the preeminent code but for a county of our size it may just be possible to be competitive in both with lads now being drawn into County teams from not just the traditional football strongholds in the South & West divisions of the county.
4 years ago there were only 3 senior football teams in Mid Tipp now there’s 6, still not too many in North Tipp but a North based Combo team won the Co Senior Final a few years ago. Results like today’s will certainly be a vindication for those within the County who have been ploughing a lonely furrow in the cause of football in Tipp when it was far from fashionable to do so.
Good to see the dubs neaten no matter what sport or level it is
Spoken like a true Kildare man. Fair play to Tipperary, at least they have the players capable of doing it….
Kildare jealousy it must be terrible known as a place near Dublin
Neaten?
Dubs dominant in leinster as it is now by far the weakest province
Well done padraic for the least sporting comment on this thread.
Great day for Tipp football couldn’t believe we were 3/1 with the bookies.Credit to the Dubs humble in defeat. 2 of today’s under dogs through to the final let’s hope it’s a cracker and of course finish with a Tipperary win!
Caught my local bookie with a bit of that 3/1 too Dan!!! Unreal value in a two horse race!
Fact Pat let’s hope we finish the job!
Tipp had football teams in the past that were a match for any team but they were mentally not able to beat Cork or Kerry in Munster. These days Tipp are a completely different outfit. The future looks bright
I’d agree John, we came very close to Cork a few times but the Kingdom were always another kettle of fish. I’ll never forget the day Deccy Browne gave an exhibition in Thurles along with a massive team performance v Cork in a Munster Final, Brendan Cummins played at 11 that year too as you’ll no doubt remember. Tipp were by far the better team but it ended in a flukey draw for Cork.
I was sitting in the Old Stand about 2 rows behind the Cork Manager Larry Tompkins (he was suspended from the sideline that day) and I thought he was going to lose his life he was that apoplectic!! There was a young lad I’d say was fair fit at the end of it carrying messages from him up and down the steps to lads on the sideline! For a finish Larry started roaring from the Stand at them! Tipp should have made the breakthrough that day but same old story we got cleaned in the replay.
There’s a generation of Tipp footballers now though over the past number of years who’ve consistently beaten Cork and Kerry at underage level so the fear factor may not be as much in evidence in the coming years at Senior level against the big guns. Remember too in this years League Tipp were robbed first day out away to Armagh in a result that effectively decided promotion to Div 2 as the table finished up whilst they’ve been in the last 12 (last qualifier before quarter finals) in 2 of the last 3 Championship years! We’re getting there!