DUBLIN 1-13<\/p>\n
KILDARE 1-22<\/p>\n
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Kildare produced an impressive second-half display as they ultimately eased past Dublin by nine points in their Dioralyte O\u2019Byrne Cup semi-final at Cedral St Conleth\u2019s Park on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The experimental Dublin selection controlled decent chunks of the first-half with Jamie McCarville\u2019s 27th minute goal handing them a well-deserved 1-8 to 0-8 interval advantage.<\/p>\n
However, the Lilies enjoyed a marked supremacy after the break with Harry O\u2019Neill\u2019s 44th minute goal turning the tide in their favour as they finished the contest strongly with a plethora of points. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite enjoying a fair degree of possession in the early stages, the Dubs fell behind to Ben Loakman\u2019s fine score in the 3rd minute and the Lilies doubled their lead through Sam Doran two minutes later.<\/p>\n
A well-struck \u201845\u2019 from goalkeeper Sam Moloney opened the away account in the 7th minute but an economical Kildare side restored their two-point buffer thanks to Alex Beirne soon after.<\/p>\n
Dublin soon gained reward for their possession with Clyde Burke kicking a superb two-pointer to level matters in the 10th minute while Niall O\u2019Callaghan handed the visitors the lead for the first time within thirty seconds.<\/p>\n
The Blues could and should have extended their lead as the contest evolved but missed a couple of presentable chances before Burke showcased his kicking from distance with another sublime effort to leave Dublin three points clear by the end of the first quarter.<\/p>\n
Beirne continued to impress at the opposite end as he added two further points and Kildare trimmed their deficit to the bare minimum thanks to Brian McLoughlin\u2019s 24th minute effort.<\/p>\n
The Dubs finally put a degree of daylight between the sides three minutes later as Conor Dolan\u2019s speculative shot allowed McCarville to rise highest and palm into the back of the net.<\/p>\n
Eoin Kennedy added to that lead from Jack Lundy\u2019s precise pass but another brace from Beirne reduced Dublin\u2019s lead to three points by the break.<\/p>\n
McLoughlin added momentum to the Kildare challenge as he pointed within thirty seconds of the restart but Dublin\u2019s defence continued to impress with Fiachra Potts and Eoghan O\u2019Callaghan looking comfortable in the corner-back positions.<\/p>\n
While Robert Shaw and Dolan added points to the away tally, a two-pointed free by Beirne and McLoughlin\u2019s third score of the game restored parity by the 41st minute.<\/p>\n
The hosts looked far more threatening at this stage and seized the initiative towards the end of the third quarter as redeployed corner-back Harry O\u2019Neill put the finishing touches to a well-worked move down the heart of the Dublin defence.<\/p>\n
While McCarville and substitute Dylan Kettle (2) offered hope with excellent scores, they proved of little resistance as the hosts piled on the pain through scores by James Harris, Eoin Cully, Darragh Swords and Aaron Browne in the closing stages. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scorers \u2013 Dublin: C Burke 0-5 (2 P2); J McCarville 1-1; D Kettle 0-2; S Moloney (\u201945), R Shaw, E Kennedy, C Dolan, N O\u2019Callaghan 0-1 apiece. Kildare: A Beirne 0-7 (1 F2, 1f, 1 \u201945); J Harris (1 P2), B McLoughlin 0-3 each; H O\u2019Neill 1-0; S Doran, D Swords, E Cully 0-2 each; K Feely, B Loakman, A Browne (f) 0-1 apiece.<\/p>\n
Dublin: S Moloney; E O\u2019Callaghan, L Smith, F Potts; R Shaw, E O\u2019Connor Flanagan, C Tyrrell; E Kennedy, C Dunne; C Dolan, J Lundy, C Burke; J McCarville, N O\u2019Callaghan, J Quigley. Subs: J Feehan for O\u2019Connor Flanagan (half-time), L Gifford for Quigley (half-time), S Kirwan for Smith (36), P Duffy for Dolan (46), D Kettle for N O\u2019Callaghan (46), L O\u2019Brien for McCarville (53), D Knight-Sands for Burke (53), F Bruton for Tyrrell (53).<\/p>\n
Kildare: D Cordonnier; M Dempsey, P Spillane, H O\u2019Neill; E Lawlor, B Byrne, D Crowley; K Feely, B Gibbons; B McLoughlin, A Beirne, L Killian; B Loakman, N Dolan, S Doran. Subs: D Swords for Killian (half-time), M Spillane for Dempsey (half-time), E Cully for Dolan (42), J Harris for Lawlor (42), R Fitzgerald for Spillane (42), E Bagnall for Beirne (46), A Browne for Loakman (53), A McNally for Byrne (61). \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Referee: Eamonn O\u2019Connor (Offaly)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUBLIN 1-13 KILDARE 1-22 \u00a0 Kildare produced an impressive second-half display as they ultimately eased past Dublin by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-238975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238975","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=238975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}