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All-Ireland SFC quarter-final: Dubs send Tyrone packing
Dublin took full advantage of a listless Tyrone performance to prevail by 1-15 to 0-13 at Croke Park.
Eamonn O'Gara's 65th-minute goal was the crucial score for the Dubs, as out-of-sorts Tyrone kicked this game away with some dreadful shooting. The losers looked good when leading by 0-10 to 0-8 ten minutes after the restart but were guilty of atrocious decision-making from there to the final whistle, while Dublin refused to look a gift horse in the mouth, hitting the front at just the right time.
Dublin's run through the Qualifiers seems to have improved them immeasurably, while today's result and performances raise some question marks about the validity and value of the provincial championships. Bernard Brogan drilled over nine points for the resurgent Dubs, producing yet another incredible performance to delight the Dubs faithful.
The younger Brogan embellished his growing reputation as the game's best forward with a powerful display, standing up as the spearhead of this new-look Dublin team. Credit must go to Dublin manager Pat Gilroy for the manner in which he has re-shaped this Dublin team: no Leinster championship this time around but the Blue Army now have a coveted All-Ireland semi-final to look forward to.
Tyrone started terribly and trailed by 0-4 to 0-2 at the end of the opening quarter and by 0-6 to 0-2 after 21 minutes. But - aided by some intelligent tinkering from the sideline (including moving Seán Cavanagh out into midfield) - the O'Neill County gradually felt their way into the game to lead by 0-8 to 0-7 at the short whistle.
Dublin were fast into their stride as Bernard Brogan boomed over a first-minute free from the hands after Conor Gormley's foul on Alan Brogan. Ross McConnell's fouls on Brian Dooher gave Tyrone a free from an awkward angle, which Martin Penrose skied aimlessly.
Bernard Brogan took another free from an identical position after Davy Harte touched the ball on the ground and Bryan Cullen fired over a lovely point from play to make it 0-3 to no score after six minutes. A lightning start from the Dubs and a dreadful opening from the O'Neill County.
Dublin corner back Michael Fitzsimons escaped a yellow card after dragging Owen Mulligan down as the corner forward bore down on goal. A booking in any language but the visitors had to be content with the free, which Penrose converted.
Dublin full forward Eoghan O'Gara looked fired up and was putting himself about in the early stages as play flowed from one end to the other. The Ulster champions were intent on trying their luck with pop-shots and high balls in to full forward Seán Cavanagh, but they had wides from Ryan McMenamin, Colm Cavanagh and Dooher as well as a miss from the older Cavanagh when he failed to make sufficient contact.
At the old Canal End, Dublin followed a Cullen wide with a pointed Bernard Brogan free. The disappointing Dooher responded with another aimless shot for the struggling Red Hands. Seventeen minutes in, Penrose boomed over Tyrone's first score from play, but Mickey Harte's men were still all at sea in open play and adrift on the scoreboard: 0-2 to 0-4.
Stephen Cluxton thumped over a trademark 45 to make it a three-point game and it got even better for the Sky Blues when Bernard Brogan was again fouled by McCarron (yellow) and the No.15 stroked over his fourth point. In between those scores, Tyrone had a poor wide from Harte and there was a mini melee in the O'Neill County goalmouth after Alan Brogan needlessly got involved with Pascal McConnell and McMenamin.
Tyrone pinged over a couple of frees from Penrose and Mulligan to halve the deficit to two with ten minutes left in the first half. Mickey Harte juggled things by replacing the booked McCarron with Dermot Carlin, moving Joe McMahon into the full back line to marshal Bernard Brogan. In the 26th minute, Mulligan provided the Ulster side's first score from play - a delightful score on the turn as Fitzsimons grasped at shadows.
Mulligan curled over another free after Cullen's foul on Seán Cavanagh and, having settled, they moved ahead on the half hour with an excellent point from the raiding Philip Jordan: 0-7 to 0-6. Midfielder Colm Cavanagh had showed traces of the visitors' hunger with two superb blocks.
Dubs corner back Philip McMahon stole forward to boom over an absolutely remarkable score - inspirational stuff! Penrose and Alan Brogan both screwed shots wide before Penrose ignored the jeers of the Hill to pop over a free from distance and restore Tyrone's lead on the stroke of half time.
In the third minute of first-half stoppage time, Dublin had a lucky escape when Penrose found himself in a one-on-one with Cluxton, only to send a left-booted shot off the crossbar. It had looked like a certain Tyrone goal but the No.13 failed to keep his shot down and the ball rebounded back into play, with Seán Cavanagh failing to make anything of the second-phase ball.
At the break, Tyrone held the narrowest of leads, 0-8 to 0-7.
Dublin kept Tyrone waiting out on the field for the start of the second half, having made two changes, introducing Cian O'Sullivan and Paul Flynn. The visitors brought in Stephen O'Neill at half time but it was Bernard Brogan who scored first - a simple free from close to goal, rather harshly awarded.
The three-times All-Ireland champions replied with an excellent Jordan score on the run. Flynn struck a wide before Mulligan got out in front of his man to collect a pass and slot over a sweet point. O'Neill and Seán Cavanagh hit wides for Tyrone and Dublin should have been down to 14 men when midfielder Ross McConnell was spared a second yellow card after making no attempt to play the ball.
The brilliant Brogan brothers levelled the scores by the 46th minute with a point apiece from play. Mistakes had crept into Tyrone's play and they were flatter than a pancake around the middle sector. Sub Eamonn Fennell struck a wide with the game hanging in the balance and Seán Cavanagh was wide off his left foot at the other end.
Bernard Brogan lashed over the lead point in the 50th minute and Pat Gilroy surprisingly moved to replace Alan Brogan (who was giving Gormley the runaround) with Conal Keaney. Brian McGuigan equalised with a lovely point and Bernard Brogan put Dublin back ahead at the start of the fourth quarter when he reacted quickest after O'Gara's shot rebounded off an upright.
Dooher was a passenger throughout this game and his handling error saw possession lost before Bernard Brogan rifled over his ninth point to leave the O'Neill County in trouble with just over 15 minutes left: 0-13 to 0-11.
Penrose pulled back a free after a high McMahon challenge on McGuigan but Seán Cavanagh kicked an uncharacteristic wide on 58 minutes. Tyrone then had two more bad misses, bringing their wides tally to 13: Mulligan turned down the equalising point and elected to try to pick out O'Neill but his mis-placed and ill-advised pass drifted wide before McGuigan sent a left-footed effort wide.
The below-par Seán Cavanagh lobbed an aimless kick nowhere as he went for a point and curled a 63nd-minute point wide after manager Mickey Harte had made his last throw of the dice by introducing Enda McGinley. Penrose added to the Ulster champions' alarming wides tally.
Mulligan finally struck the levelling point seven minutes from the end but a 65th-minute O'Gara goal sent Tyrone packing. Flynn was going for a point but the ball was poorly struck and came back off an upright and landed fortuitously into the full forward's arms. O'Gara lashed it to the roof of the net: 1-13 to 0-13.
Conal Keaney followed up with a pointed free and Tyrone had a wide from the ineffective O'Neill before Michael Dara McAuley punched a 15th Dublin point. A late Keaney wide from a free was never going to spoil Dublin's brilliant day.
Dublin: Stephen Cluxton (0-1); Michael Fitzsimons, Rory O'Carroll, Philip McMahon (0-1); Kevin Nolan, Gerard Brennan, Barry Cahill; Michael Dara McAuley, Ross McConnell; Bryan Cullen (0-1), Alan Brogan (0-1), Niall Corkery; David Henry, Eoghan O'Gara (1-0), Bernard Brogan (0-8). Subs: Cian O'Sullivan, Paul Flynn, Eamonn Fennell, Conal Keaney (0-1), Alan Brogan.
Tyrone: Pascal McConnell; Cathal McCarron, Justin McMahon, Ryan McMenamin; Davy Harte, Conor Gormley, Philip Jordan (0-2); Colm Cavanagh, Kevin Hughes; Brian Dooher, Brian McGuigan (0-1), Joe McMahon; Martin Penrose (0-5), Seán Cavanagh, Owen Mulligan (0-5). Subs, Dermot Carlin, Stephen O'Neill, Enda McGinley, Peter Harte. :happy::happy::happy::happy::happy::happy::happy:
Dublin took full advantage of a listless Tyrone performance to prevail by 1-15 to 0-13 at Croke Park.
Eamonn O'Gara's 65th-minute goal was the crucial score for the Dubs, as out-of-sorts Tyrone kicked this game away with some dreadful shooting. The losers looked good when leading by 0-10 to 0-8 ten minutes after the restart but were guilty of atrocious decision-making from there to the final whistle, while Dublin refused to look a gift horse in the mouth, hitting the front at just the right time.
Dublin's run through the Qualifiers seems to have improved them immeasurably, while today's result and performances raise some question marks about the validity and value of the provincial championships. Bernard Brogan drilled over nine points for the resurgent Dubs, producing yet another incredible performance to delight the Dubs faithful.
The younger Brogan embellished his growing reputation as the game's best forward with a powerful display, standing up as the spearhead of this new-look Dublin team. Credit must go to Dublin manager Pat Gilroy for the manner in which he has re-shaped this Dublin team: no Leinster championship this time around but the Blue Army now have a coveted All-Ireland semi-final to look forward to.
Tyrone started terribly and trailed by 0-4 to 0-2 at the end of the opening quarter and by 0-6 to 0-2 after 21 minutes. But - aided by some intelligent tinkering from the sideline (including moving Seán Cavanagh out into midfield) - the O'Neill County gradually felt their way into the game to lead by 0-8 to 0-7 at the short whistle.
Dublin were fast into their stride as Bernard Brogan boomed over a first-minute free from the hands after Conor Gormley's foul on Alan Brogan. Ross McConnell's fouls on Brian Dooher gave Tyrone a free from an awkward angle, which Martin Penrose skied aimlessly.
Bernard Brogan took another free from an identical position after Davy Harte touched the ball on the ground and Bryan Cullen fired over a lovely point from play to make it 0-3 to no score after six minutes. A lightning start from the Dubs and a dreadful opening from the O'Neill County.
Dublin corner back Michael Fitzsimons escaped a yellow card after dragging Owen Mulligan down as the corner forward bore down on goal. A booking in any language but the visitors had to be content with the free, which Penrose converted.
Dublin full forward Eoghan O'Gara looked fired up and was putting himself about in the early stages as play flowed from one end to the other. The Ulster champions were intent on trying their luck with pop-shots and high balls in to full forward Seán Cavanagh, but they had wides from Ryan McMenamin, Colm Cavanagh and Dooher as well as a miss from the older Cavanagh when he failed to make sufficient contact.
At the old Canal End, Dublin followed a Cullen wide with a pointed Bernard Brogan free. The disappointing Dooher responded with another aimless shot for the struggling Red Hands. Seventeen minutes in, Penrose boomed over Tyrone's first score from play, but Mickey Harte's men were still all at sea in open play and adrift on the scoreboard: 0-2 to 0-4.
Stephen Cluxton thumped over a trademark 45 to make it a three-point game and it got even better for the Sky Blues when Bernard Brogan was again fouled by McCarron (yellow) and the No.15 stroked over his fourth point. In between those scores, Tyrone had a poor wide from Harte and there was a mini melee in the O'Neill County goalmouth after Alan Brogan needlessly got involved with Pascal McConnell and McMenamin.
Tyrone pinged over a couple of frees from Penrose and Mulligan to halve the deficit to two with ten minutes left in the first half. Mickey Harte juggled things by replacing the booked McCarron with Dermot Carlin, moving Joe McMahon into the full back line to marshal Bernard Brogan. In the 26th minute, Mulligan provided the Ulster side's first score from play - a delightful score on the turn as Fitzsimons grasped at shadows.
Mulligan curled over another free after Cullen's foul on Seán Cavanagh and, having settled, they moved ahead on the half hour with an excellent point from the raiding Philip Jordan: 0-7 to 0-6. Midfielder Colm Cavanagh had showed traces of the visitors' hunger with two superb blocks.
Dubs corner back Philip McMahon stole forward to boom over an absolutely remarkable score - inspirational stuff! Penrose and Alan Brogan both screwed shots wide before Penrose ignored the jeers of the Hill to pop over a free from distance and restore Tyrone's lead on the stroke of half time.
In the third minute of first-half stoppage time, Dublin had a lucky escape when Penrose found himself in a one-on-one with Cluxton, only to send a left-booted shot off the crossbar. It had looked like a certain Tyrone goal but the No.13 failed to keep his shot down and the ball rebounded back into play, with Seán Cavanagh failing to make anything of the second-phase ball.
At the break, Tyrone held the narrowest of leads, 0-8 to 0-7.
Dublin kept Tyrone waiting out on the field for the start of the second half, having made two changes, introducing Cian O'Sullivan and Paul Flynn. The visitors brought in Stephen O'Neill at half time but it was Bernard Brogan who scored first - a simple free from close to goal, rather harshly awarded.
The three-times All-Ireland champions replied with an excellent Jordan score on the run. Flynn struck a wide before Mulligan got out in front of his man to collect a pass and slot over a sweet point. O'Neill and Seán Cavanagh hit wides for Tyrone and Dublin should have been down to 14 men when midfielder Ross McConnell was spared a second yellow card after making no attempt to play the ball.
The brilliant Brogan brothers levelled the scores by the 46th minute with a point apiece from play. Mistakes had crept into Tyrone's play and they were flatter than a pancake around the middle sector. Sub Eamonn Fennell struck a wide with the game hanging in the balance and Seán Cavanagh was wide off his left foot at the other end.
Bernard Brogan lashed over the lead point in the 50th minute and Pat Gilroy surprisingly moved to replace Alan Brogan (who was giving Gormley the runaround) with Conal Keaney. Brian McGuigan equalised with a lovely point and Bernard Brogan put Dublin back ahead at the start of the fourth quarter when he reacted quickest after O'Gara's shot rebounded off an upright.
Dooher was a passenger throughout this game and his handling error saw possession lost before Bernard Brogan rifled over his ninth point to leave the O'Neill County in trouble with just over 15 minutes left: 0-13 to 0-11.
Penrose pulled back a free after a high McMahon challenge on McGuigan but Seán Cavanagh kicked an uncharacteristic wide on 58 minutes. Tyrone then had two more bad misses, bringing their wides tally to 13: Mulligan turned down the equalising point and elected to try to pick out O'Neill but his mis-placed and ill-advised pass drifted wide before McGuigan sent a left-footed effort wide.
The below-par Seán Cavanagh lobbed an aimless kick nowhere as he went for a point and curled a 63nd-minute point wide after manager Mickey Harte had made his last throw of the dice by introducing Enda McGinley. Penrose added to the Ulster champions' alarming wides tally.
Mulligan finally struck the levelling point seven minutes from the end but a 65th-minute O'Gara goal sent Tyrone packing. Flynn was going for a point but the ball was poorly struck and came back off an upright and landed fortuitously into the full forward's arms. O'Gara lashed it to the roof of the net: 1-13 to 0-13.
Conal Keaney followed up with a pointed free and Tyrone had a wide from the ineffective O'Neill before Michael Dara McAuley punched a 15th Dublin point. A late Keaney wide from a free was never going to spoil Dublin's brilliant day.
Dublin: Stephen Cluxton (0-1); Michael Fitzsimons, Rory O'Carroll, Philip McMahon (0-1); Kevin Nolan, Gerard Brennan, Barry Cahill; Michael Dara McAuley, Ross McConnell; Bryan Cullen (0-1), Alan Brogan (0-1), Niall Corkery; David Henry, Eoghan O'Gara (1-0), Bernard Brogan (0-8). Subs: Cian O'Sullivan, Paul Flynn, Eamonn Fennell, Conal Keaney (0-1), Alan Brogan.
Tyrone: Pascal McConnell; Cathal McCarron, Justin McMahon, Ryan McMenamin; Davy Harte, Conor Gormley, Philip Jordan (0-2); Colm Cavanagh, Kevin Hughes; Brian Dooher, Brian McGuigan (0-1), Joe McMahon; Martin Penrose (0-5), Seán Cavanagh, Owen Mulligan (0-5). Subs, Dermot Carlin, Stephen O'Neill, Enda McGinley, Peter Harte. :happy::happy::happy::happy::happy::happy::happy:
