AIB Munster Club SFC Final<\/p>\n
Dingle 1-18 St Finbarr\u2019s 0-20<\/p>\n
By Stephen Barry at FBD Semple Stadium<\/p>\n
Conor Geaney\u2019s last-gasp two-point free sent Dingle from the edge of despair to elation in a classic Munster final victory over St Finbarr\u2019s.<\/p>\n
The Kerry champions never led from the fourth minute until the fourth minute of added time to clinch a first provincial title in front of 2,714 spectators.<\/p>\n
They trailed by five with seven minutes of normal time to play, but closed out with consecutive two-pointers from brothers Dylan (0-9) and Conor Geaney (0-4).<\/p>\n
The final free was advanced 50 metres by referee Chris Maguire after Dylan Quinn was adjudged not to have handed the ball back to Dingle in their own half.<\/p>\n
It prevented Steven Sherlock from lifting the silverware on a day when he ruled Semple Stadium for long spells. The Barrs captain scored 0-16 from 14 shots, thanks to a remarkable haul of six two-pointers in a man-of-the-match performance.<\/p>\n
Instead, Paul Geaney accepted the cup as Dingle advance to an All-Ireland semi-final against Ballyboden St Enda\u2019s.<\/p>\n
The winners started brightly into a light breeze with three points inside four minutes from Paul, Conor, and Dylan Geaney against a lone John Wigginton-Barrett response.<\/p>\n
But this soon developed into the Steven Sherlock Show. He would end the half with 12 of the Barrs\u2019 14 points, including five two-pointers.<\/p>\n
He booted back-to-back orange flags in the fifth and eighth minutes, losing Conor Flannery for the leveller before perfectly judging a free for the lead score.<\/p>\n
Tom O\u2019Sullivan cut through to pull one back before two more Sherlock orange flags. The first was produced by a swift counter-attack, taking Wigginton-Barrett\u2019s kick pass on the run and curling over. Then, his free made it 0-8 to 0-4.<\/p>\n
Dingle got their lifeline from the kick-out. Niall Geaney won the break and pumped a long ball into his cousin Paul. The All-Ireland winner\u2019s footwork bamboozled Sam Ryan before tucking the ball low past Darragh Newman. AFL star Mark O\u2019Connor then levelled, 0-8 to 1-4.<\/p>\n
The Barrs would outscore them by six points to two from there to half-time. Brian Hayes tidied up a rare Sherlock shot dropped short before their free-scoring captain lashed another double over the cover.<\/p>\n
Now, Dingle pushed Kerry corner-back O\u2019Sullivan back onto Sherlock. The centre-forward wasn\u2019t perturbed. He launched a huge two-point free over before a stunning one-pointer; jinking away to lose his marker and slotting from an acute angle off his left foot. They led by five, 0-14 to 1-6, at half-time.<\/p>\n
Dingle switched Patrick O\u2019Connor onto Sherlock during the break. O\u2019Sullivan was tasked with quietening William Buckley\u2019s brilliant ball-carrying while influencing the game going forward. He laid on the first of Dylan Geaney\u2019s two points to bring it back to one score.<\/p>\n
Sherlock kicked the next three points, including a two-point free, followed by one from Luke Hannigan. That seven-point cushion was their greatest lead.<\/p>\n
Dingle finally began to get some purchase, sparked by a Dylan Geaney two-pointer followed by a Tom O\u2019Sullivan point.<\/p>\n
Hayes notched one in response, but that 49th-minute point would prove the Barrs\u2019 final score.<\/p>\n
Dylan Geaney slotted two frees. Their comeback still looked unlikely when Paul Geaney\u2019s shot on goal was blocked by Ciar\u00e1n Doolan.<\/p>\n
But Dylan Geaney escaped down the blindside for a two-pointer, and Mark O\u2019Connor forced the final free from Ian Maguire, which was ultimately marched forward 50 metres.<\/p>\n
Scorers for Dingle: Dylan Geaney 0-9 (2 2pt, 2f), Paul Geaney 1-2, Conor Geaney 0-4 (1 2ptf, 1f), Tom O\u2019Sullivan 0-2, Mark O\u2019Connor 0-1.<\/p>\n
Scorers for St Finbarr\u2019s: Steven Sherlock 0-16 (4 2ptf, 2 2pt, 1f), Brian Hayes 0-2, John Wigginton-Barrett, Luke Hannigan 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
Dingle: Gavin Curran; Conor Flannery, Aidan O\u2019Connor, Tom Leo O\u2019Sullivan; Brian O\u2019Connor, Tom O\u2019Sullivan, Patrick O\u2019Connor; Mark O\u2019Connor, Billy O\u2019Connor; Niall Geaney, Matthew Flaherty, Tadhg Browne; Conor Geaney, Paul Geaney, Dylan Geaney.<\/p>\n
Subs: Mikey Geaney for P Geaney (40-46, temp), Ned Ryan for Billy O\u2019Connor (41), M Geaney for Browne (48), Cathal Bambury for Flaherty (60).<\/p>\n
St Finbarr’s: Darragh Newman; Billy Hennessy, Alan O\u2019Connor, Sam Ryan; Enda Dennehy, Ciar\u00e1n Doolan, Conor Dennehy; Ian Maguire, Brian Hayes; Ethan Twomey, John Wigginton-Barrett, William Buckley; Luke Hannigan, Rickey Barrett, Steven Sherlock.<\/p>\n
Subs: Eoin McGreevy for Barrett (41), Dylan Quinn for Twomey (55), Cillian Myers-Murray for Wigginton-Barrett (55).<\/p>\n
Referee: Chris Maguire (Clare).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AIB Munster Club SFC Final Dingle 1-18 St Finbarr\u2019s 0-20 By Stephen Barry at FBD Semple Stadium Conor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-180376","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}