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Dublin set to contest dismissals
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Alan McCrabbe is sent off by referee Barry Kelly DUBLIN LOOK set to contest one or both of the straight red cards issued during Sunday’s dramatic Allianz Hurling League relegation play-off against Galway – hardly surprising given there’s still everything to play for in Saturday’s replay in Portlaoise. Somewhat dismayed to be forced into extra-time to begin with, Dublin finished the Division One A play-off with 13 men after losing Ryan O’Dwyer within a minute of the restart, before Alan McCrabbe was also shown a straight red card 10 minutes later, in both cases for an apparent strike on their...
Dublin-Galway replay live on TG4
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The Allianz HL Division 1A relegation playoff replay between Dublin and Galway will be live on TG4 this Saturday, with the Cadbury All-Ireland U21FC semi-final between Cavan and Roscommon now to be shown on the TG4 website. Originally the two Cadbury All-Ireland U21FC semi-finals were to receive live television coverage, with Cork and Dublin throwing in at 2pm and the Cavan-Roscommon game getting underway at 4pm. The hurling replay, which ended in a 0-26 to 2-20 draw after extra time last Sunday, also starts at 4pm and a decision has been made to give it preference for live television ahead...
Brady eyes a Blue summer
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Tomas Brady. Picture: Sportsfile  ANOTHER good weekend for Dublin hurling on all fronts. Anthony Daly’s numerically-challenged men scavenging an unlikely draw against Galway in Tullamore means their spring gets a six-day augmentation and a second cut at retaining their top-flight status. And, vitally, the injury story which has become such a nuisance backdrop for Dublin over the past year reached another clearing when Tomás Brady came through 60 minutes for Na Fianna against Faughs on Saturday in Mobhi Road. “It was good to get the full game under my belt but I wouldn’t go so far as to say I’m...
Corcoran relishing another shot at his own Tribe
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NIALL CORCORAN obviously has no psychological hang-ups about facing his ‘home’ county — his peerless corner-back display against Galway last Sunday underlined that point. What’s more, the Sky Blue ‘import’ from Meelick-Eyrecourt is relishing the looming prospect of Dublin/Galway, the relegation shootout sequel. “Can’t wait for it, yeah, savage,” Corcoran declared, as he contemplated Saturday’s Division 1A play-off replay in Portlaoise. Anthony Daly’s Dubs gained an unlikely stay of execution last Sunday, surviving two red cards during extra-time to force parity with two late points. “It was a knockout game,” Corcoran pointed out. “We looked at this as the first...
O’Dwyer’s red silver lining
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Ryan O’Dwyer, Dublin, is shown a red card and sent off by referee Barry Kelly. RYAN O’Dwyer’s red card in Dublin’s Division 1A relegation play-off may prove costly — but it would have been even worse if they had not drawn with Galway last Sunday, WRITES CLIONA FOLEY. The Tipperary native’s extra-time dismissal was his second red in the last 12 months and because of that his punishment will automatically be doubled to a two-game suspension. But he can be grateful to team-mate Niall McMorrow for pulling out that last-gasp reprieve last Sunday, because it means he will serve the...
Daly urges review of refereeing standards
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ANTHONY DALY has called on the GAA authorities to review how hurling is now being refereed after his Dublin side finished with 13 men against Galway. But while Daly voiced his obvious displeasure at the latest red card brandished to Ryan O’Dwyer, the Clareman was even more animated by what Westmeath referee Barry Kelly let go during yesterday’s drawn relegation play-off in Tullamore. One of the game’s most high-profile referees certainly belonged in the ‘let it flow’ camp here, to the consternation of the Dublin boss. “Some of the decisions were just hard to believe – fellas with the hurley...
Pride rules in Dubs draw
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Despite ill-discipline of key men, play-off reprieve with Galway has Dublin beaming WE’LL start with the glass-half empty assessment: after six attempts, Dublin hurlers are still without their first victory in this year’s Allianz Hurling League. Enough of the pessimism! Somehow, from the depths of disciplinary despair and facing near-certain demotion, Anthony Daly’s men conspired to rescue a draw from yesterday’s Division 1A relegation play-off in Tullamore. Twenty-nine years after Heffo’s 12 Apostles made their way into All-Ireland legend, Dalo’s Baker’s Dozen have penned a new chapter in dogged Dublin resilience. Two red cards during extra-time, for Ryan O’Dwyer and...
Garry Maguire man of the match
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Garry Maguire was voted man of the match by supporters after the game.  He mad two crucial saves early in the first half, both from very close in. One former inter-county goalkeeper reckoned one was the best save he ever saw. Garry just beat off Niall Corcoran, Peter Kelly and Danny Sutcliffe for the award.....
Replay fixed for Portlaoise
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Dublin will play Galway in the relegation playoff replay next Saturday at Portlaoise at 4pm. It will be preceded by the u-21 All-Ireland football semi-final between Dublin and Cork. FODH will have buses as usual. Buses will leave Connolly Statio n at 12.15 and The Poitín Stil at 12.45. To  book a seat text your name and pick up point to 0872331983 by Thursday 6pm. The cost is €10 for adults and €5 for juveniles....
Fight to death ends in stay of execution
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Dublin 2-20 Galway0-26 (After extra-time) Ryan O Dwyer sees red against Galway In a game that was slow to light up, like an eco-friendly bulb, caught pretty epic heat in Tullamore yesterday as 13-man Dublin defiantly refused all offers of the blindfold and cigarette. Niall McMorrow’s 90th-minute ’65 earned Anthony Daly’s men a dramatic replay (4.0 next Saturday in Portlaoise) after the sendings-off of Ryan O’Dwyer and Alan McCrabbe in the first-period of extra-time looked to have given a Joe Canning-inspired Galway the edge. The hits were heavy and in small multiples as Barry Kelly’s penchant for “letting it flow”...
Rushe aiming to make the right performance count
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THE DAMNEDEST thing happens when you concertina the league to six teams per division. The gap between success and failure gets all the air squeezed out of it, so much so the distance between being defending champions and fighting relegation is laughably small. Last spring, Dublin drew with Kilkenny and beat Tipp and Cork by a point. This spring, they drew with Tipp and lost to Kilkenny and Cork by a point. Six games, four teams, barely the width of a gnat’s knee to separate them. Add up Dublin’s for and against columns in the six games and the final...
Vincent Hogan: Afraid of the drop zone
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Conal Keaney?s return would be a big boost for Dublin ON Monday morning, Dublin hurlers played a 30-minute training match at the Amendoeira Sports Club before flying home from the Algarve. As statements of intent go, the game found a compelling tenor. In the week of a National League relegation play-off, every one of their long-term wounded came unscathed through a contest described by one player as being of “virtual championship intensity”. Peter Kelly, Stephen Hiney, Tomas Brady and Conal Keaney all played the full half-hour as Dublin wound down a high-intensity, four-day training camp close to the town of...
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