- News
-
- Sport
-
- Entertainment
-
- Advice
-
- Roots
-
Make a comment
Larger Text
Print
E-mailCathal Dervan: Ireland GAA recap
Dubs are Kings of the Hill
Bernard Brogan confirmed his status as the new darling of Hill 16 with a stunning performance as 14 man Dublin held off brave Kildare in an epic Leinster SFC final at Croke Park on Sunday by a score of 2-15 to 0-18.
Brogan dragged Dublin across the line with five brilliant late points after his team recovered from the loss of defender Ger Brennan to a deserved red card for striking late in the first half.
“Bernard showed great bottle to take those scores at the end,” said Dubs boss Pat Gilroy afterwards.
“He is keen to really make his mark with the Dublin team now. He has done a lot at club football but this is the first year where he has really established himself with Dublin.”
Dublin’s post match press conference lasted all of four minutes but goal scorer Barry Cahill admitted, “Any Leinster title is nice to get, particularly in the manner that we did it after going down to 14 men.
“We were a bit disjointed at times, towards the end of the first-half, but we got in at halftime and sorted a few things out. We put in a very good second half performance.
“We showed a lot of character out there to come back in the manner we did. It’s a nice victory and hopefully we will build on this.”
As for his early, early goal Cahill said, “It was one of my better finishes. It was probably my first goal for Dublin so I was due one at this stage.”
Dublin captain Paul Griffin said, “We knew going out that Kildare were going to be a serious challenge. We got off to a great start but, in fairness to them they didn’t panic.
“They chipped away at it and put us under a lot of pressure. They made us delay a bit on the ball which didn’t suit us. When we moved it quickly we played some good football and then we just took it out a bit in the last ten, 15 minutes.”
Star forward Alan Brogan said, “Thankfully we got the tough game we were looking for. I’m very thankful to come out the right side of it. I’d say it was the toughest game in a number of years.”
Manager Gilroy adopted something of an Arsene Wenger attitude when it came to the subject of Brennan’s red card. He said, “I didn’t see the Ger incident but it is very disappointing to have a guy sent off. It was a tough hard game.
Related Items
- John Duddy defeats Michael Medina by split...
- Replaying a golf course called Ireland...
- Irish fighter John Duddy weds Irish sweetheart...
- Catholic priest helped Patrick Sean Payton...
- Tiger Woods turns down Irish gambling site...
- Robbie Keane bags three goals as Celtic beat...
- Hurling - The red-haired step-child of the...
- Irish boxers Lee and Duddy may face-off...
- USC loss shows why Brian Kelly has to replace...
- Danica Patrick ‘sad’ to quit NASCAR...
