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Brogan enters the field of play at Croke Park. Ken Sutton/INPHO

Bernard Brogan returns for Dublin six months after suffering devastating ACL injury

The 34-year-old made a brief appearance against Roscommon to mark his return after six months on the sidelines.

BERNARD BROGAN COMPLETED his long-awaited return from injury on Sunday afternoon, briefly replacing Mark Schutte in the latter stages of Dublinโ€™s Super 8s clash with Roscommon at Croke Park.

The 2010 Footballer of the Year suffered a devastating cruciate injury in February, with early reports suggesting his Championship season could have been over before it even began.

Brogan replaced Schutte after 61 minutes to rapturous applause, as Dublin comfortably led Kevin McStayโ€™s side with their place in next weekendโ€™s All-Ireland semi-finals already secured.

The forward underwent an operation at the end of February to repair the cruciate ligament damage he suffered in a training session with Dublin.

Sundayโ€™s brief appearance, spending a little under six minutes on the field of play, represents Broganโ€™s first taste of football in six months.

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    Mute prop joe
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    Dec 23rd 2018, 4:12 PM

    Slippy G knowns how to win a league. Oh wait

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 3:53 PM

    Get in, love it. Making a contest of it Rangers, Stevie making a cracking start to management.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 3:57 PM

    @Marty Morrisey: Rangers are rank rotten ,Terrible side ,Celtic will pump them next week.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 4:12 PM

    @Midland Celt: And yet they lie 1 point off the Pumpers.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 4:20 PM

    @Marty Morrisey: BTW With a game in Hand ,

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 4:21 PM

    @Midland Celt: like literally pump them?

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 4:48 PM

    @Marty Morrisey: you are a sad sad troll .

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 5:18 PM

    @Niall James Fergal McCormack: Cheers for the glorious input shorty.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 5:43 PM

    @Marty Morrisey: thanks you sad man . Not sure what the shorty comment is about but f**k me I hope you are under 18 because if not it makes the way you act on the 42 even sadder . Grow up !

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 6:41 PM

    @Niall James Fergal McCormack: Glorious input cheers shortie.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 6:53 PM

    @Marty Morrisey: you had the spelling of โ€˜shortyโ€™ correct the first time. Trolling with illiteracy, Marty, is only a step above fingering a badger.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 7:06 PM

    @Ian Michael Oโ€™Carroll: 1 in the stink 2 in the pink like ?

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 8:56 PM

    @Ian Michael Oโ€™Carroll: fingering a badger. Lol.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 4:27 PM

    Steven Gerardโ€™s Rangers were awful from start to finish. A team completely devoid of ideas. It was great to watch them toil. Morelos gets into great positions and pulled them out of a hole.

    Iโ€™d imagine Celtic canโ€™t wait for the game on the 29th.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 4:36 PM

    @Ciaran Rice: 3 points all the same.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 4:50 PM

    @Mark Glynn: of course but that doesnโ€™t mask how poor Steven Gerardโ€™s Rangers are.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 4:54 PM

    @Ciaran Rice: To be fair though, they are a growing side..have had to start all over again and are making progress

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 5:04 PM

    @Mark Glynn: eh, the side has been getting worse every week. They are now making very few chances and scoring hardly any goals. There also have around the same points total after this round of games as they did last season.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 6:21 PM

    @Ciaran Rice: If celtic win their game in hand it puts 4 points between the teams. A couple weeks back you were giving out that the Premiership has no competition when City were 3 points clear haha

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 7:49 PM

    @Turkish: I said the SPFL is more competitive than the EPL this season (and last season), which it is. Celtic are a point ahead. There have been 5 changes for first place in December alone. There are currently only 11 points separating 1st to 8th and 6 different sides have led the league so far this season.

    Liverpool have played almost an entire round of games and are still unbeaten. Not much competition there.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 10:22 PM

    @Ciaran Rice: so there not making progress, from having to start in bottom division with a new crop of players-now there in the premiership..

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 10:47 PM

    @Mark Glynn: if you think finishing 3rd every season, spending more than any other side whilst winning nothing is progressing then thatโ€™s up to you.

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    Dec 24th 2018, 1:41 AM

    @Ciaran Rice: How much more than Celtic did they spend this season?

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    Dec 24th 2018, 10:01 AM

    @Ciaran Rice: what do you mean winning nothing. Rangers secured promotion back to the Premiership having won three promotions in four years.

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    Dec 24th 2018, 10:03 AM

    @The Bloody Nine: think they spent 2-3 million more than Celtic. That is going on the reported ยฃ9 million Celtic spent on Edouard, which I donโ€™t believe is the case. The Rangers also spent more than Celtic last summer also.

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    Dec 24th 2018, 10:05 AM

    @Mark Glynn: back to the premiership? They had never been there in the first place.

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    Dec 24th 2018, 10:43 AM

    @Ciaran Rice: you sure mate, pretty sure itโ€™s called the Scottish Premiership. Do your research.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 5:19 PM

    Who is this Rangers you speak of? Are they anything to Steven Gerrards Rangers??

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 5:21 PM

    Doing well on a shoe string budget hopefully rangers pull of a shock with this squad and win it

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 5:33 PM

    @Colgate: oh god heโ€™s got yet another account

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 5:44 PM

    @Colgate: spent most in the league . Your trolling is poor and creating new accounts so often is pathetic . Grow up !

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 6:43 PM

    @Niall James Fergal McCormack: 2 people on this article, just article alone you have attacked. Glorious input as per shorty.

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 7:38 PM

    @Marty Morrisey: 2 people? You mean you and you!! You are as bad as Andy Gorum!!!

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 7:41 PM

    @Marty Morrisey: what a sad sad person.. people like u that sit in there room all day and have 1 friend thatโ€™s your 8 year old sister!!

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    Dec 23rd 2018, 9:19 PM

    @Jay Murphy: I have 6 sisterโ€™s all older than me. Hugs n Xโ€™s JJ

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    Dec 24th 2018, 3:29 AM

    @Marty Morrisey: haha shortie . I like the way thatโ€™s sticking for you because it makes no sense . Are you trolling yourself ? Iโ€™ve no idea what you are talking about but you are a very sad man .

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