Dublin 1-14
Tyrone 1-12
WITH 10 MINUTES to play Dublin looked on the verge of an All-Ireland U20 semi-final exit to Tyrone, but they scored 0-4 without reply to seal a return to the decider.
The beaten 2019 finalists will play Kerry or Galway in the final following an impressive turnaround in Parnell Park.
After starting well, Dublin trailed from the 18th minute before a late flurry of scores – including a brace from Ciaran Archer – helped them over the line.
Archer, the reigning U20 Footballer of the Year, endured a quiet start but he came to life in impressive fashion after the 25th minute. From there he reeled off six points (0-3f), while wing-forward Mark Lavin picked up man-of-the-match honours after a hard working performance that saw him finish with a three-point haul.
Tiarnan Quinn and Ethan Jordan led the scoring for Tyrone with 1-8 between them, while Darragh Canavan clipped over three scores in the first-half but was quietened after the break.
Tyrone led most of the game but the scores from play dried up for them in the second-half and it proved costly.
The sides went tit for tat in the early exchanges until Dublin struck for a goal through Brian O’Leary in the 11th minute.
Brian O'Leary with a lovely GOAL for @DubGAAOfficial pic.twitter.com/hsdUSPSSQ0
— The GAA (@officialgaa) October 17, 2020
Mark Lavin tagged on a score but the first-half water break arrived at the wrong time for Dublin. In an eight-minute spell after the resumption, the Ulster champions scored an unanswered 1-4.
Canavan was at the middle of things. He stroked over a superb effort off the left, seven minutes before he clipped over an equally impressive point off his right.
In between arrived Tiernan Quinn’s three-pointer. It came after a neat dummy and pass into the path of Rory Donnelly by James McCann. Donnelly’s shot on goal was blocked but landed in Quinn’s vicinity for a soccer-style finish.
Dublin rallied as a hat-trick of points from star forward Archer left them 1-6 to 1-7 behind a minute into the second period. Tyrone started to rely more on placed balls from Ethan Jordan.
He rattled over four for the Red Hand, but Dublin kept in touch through Archer, Lavin and O’Leary.
Centre-forward Lorcan O’Dell brought the Dubs level with a superb score in the 53rd minute, before Archer sent them in front with an even better effort. Archer and Lee Gannon added points to complete Dublin’s late turnaround as Tiernan Quinn was black carded late in the day.
Scorers for Dublin: Ciaran Archer 0-6 (0-3f), Brian O’Leary 1-1, Mark Lavin 0-3, Lorcan O’Dell 0-2, Lee Gannon and Sean Lowry 0-1 each.
Scorers for Tyrone: Tiarnan Quinn 1-3 (0-1f), Ethan Jordan 0-5 (0-4f), Darragh Canavan 0-3 (0-1f), Simon Garrity 0-1.
Dublin
1. Josh O’Neill (St Vincent’s)
2. Conor Tyrrell (St Oliver Plunketts/ER)
3. Adam Rafter (Na Fianna)
4. Josh Bannon (St Sylvester’s)
5. Mark O’Leary (Kilmacud Crokes)
6. Adam Waddick (Thomas Davis)
7. Lee Gannon (Whitehall Colmcilles)
8. Adam Fearon (Skerries Harps)
Seán Lowry
10. Mark Lavin (Lucan Sarsfields)
11. Lorcan O’Dell (Templeogue Synge Street)
12. Sean Foran (Whitehall Colmcilles)
13. Ciaran Archer (St Maur’s)
14. Luke Swan (Castleknock)
17. Brian O’Leary (Na Fianna)
Tyrone
1. Lorcan Quinn
2. Cormac Quinn
3. Cormac Munroe
4. Conall Devlin
5. Simon Garrity
6. Antoin Fox
7. James McCann
8. Kevin Barker
9. Rory Donnelly
10. Liam Gray
11. Darragh Canavan
12. Michael Gallagher
13. Ethan Jordan
14. Matthew Murnaghan
15. Tiarnán Quinn
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Interesting how everyone writing shamrocks off, all Ireland champs 2 years ago and beaten semi finalists last year. In the year they won it, beat na piarsaigh in the semi so I think they will fancy their chances. Saying that, would love to see na piarsaigh win it
Two very evenly matched semi finals. I’d love to see a Na Piarsaigh v MLR final. Think Na Piarsaigh will win it. Anyone but Portumna. A team who doesn’t have to qualify from its province doesn’t deserve an All Ireland title. Na Piarsaigh and MLR would be more than deserving of winning it considering who they had to beat to get to the semi.
Yeah they only have to qualify out of most competitive county in the country where many of the All Ireland Club Champions have come last 10 years.
Doesn’t matter who they have to beat in the Galway championship. I’m talking about Galway clubs in general.
The exact reason why Galway clubs have a good track record in it is because they walk in to the All Ireland semi finals every year.
Same as minors getting straight through to quarter finals and U21′s getting straight through to All Ireland semi. They all pick up some handy titles and then wonder why the Galway senior team is not successful.
Simple, they have less teams to beat to win All Irelands at every level except senior and they win them at all levels except senior!!!
Sour grapes mike. Portumna one of the best club sides of all time. Going by your logic no team from Galway should be allowed enter the competition.
When portumna were at their best , they would give any of the top team’s in the country a game.
I have nothing to be sour about. Portumna mean nothing to me. I see and hear Galway people moan about their senior team not being able to win anything but they rub their hands with glee when they walk in to the latter stages of most other competitions. It’s more than a coincidence that Galway can win titles at all levels except senior. They have too easy a route in all bar the senior. Galway won’t win a senior All Ireland until they wake up to that fact. They want the senior team in Leinster but are more than happy to have every other grade team and club not as they are winning things. Why don’t they look at the possibility of moving all teams in to Leinster so they can actually see what they are worth and not just be handed byes the whole time while every other team and club have to get through several matches to get to the same stage.
The Galway clubs have to beat provincial and county champs to win an All Ireland Mike, same goes for their minors and U21s, nothing handy about that.
You sound pretty sour to me.
Portumna will win it
Portumna won their titles Mike Neil because they were the best team, to say otherwise is just bloody sour grapes.Same goes for all the clubs who won the All Ireland.
I will be shouting for Portumna but think Na Piarsigh will win out, they have more scoring forwards than anyone else.
It’s not portumna’s fault they go straight into semis. It’s theirs to lose now, should be a handy all-ireland for them now. Although this is a year full of surprises.
Only a fool would write off the Rangers. Have seen off 2 favourites already and didn’t even play well against Outlart.
I know they will still be the underdogs, but they will wear that badge with pride!!!!
Loughgiel shamrocks be very hard to beat they R a good team winning 4 county titles and 4 ustler titles and all Ireland in the last 4 years what more can I say
think you’ll find Eamon that Loughgiel have as good a six forwards as any of the teams left.will take a damned good performance to beat them much better than anything I’ve witnessed on TG4 to date..
I disagree Denis.I have seen Shamrocks 3 times in the last 2 years , they are a fine side but they don’t have forwards of the calibre of Canning, Hayes, Dowling, Hannon or Downes.
Hannon plays for Adare not Na Piarsaigh.
Fair bad support for loughgeil. A club that has been there and done it plus has one of the best hurlers in the country. Would love to see them prove a lot of people wrong again. From a tipp man
As a Birr man, having seen how these All-Ireland’s are won, it’s about getting the most from your forwards. One of the reasons KK did well last year was Slevin the free taker. Similarly Loughgiel have a great full forward, whose name escapes me. Na Piarsaigh have serious forwards and of course Portumna have Joe Canning & Damien Hayes, plus their experience. It’s hard to see past Portumna. Fair play to MLR though – inspirational stuff!