Dublin 1-16 DCU 1-12, O'Byrne Cup, January 10th
A bitterly cold but bright day met the teams in Parnell Park and it was DCU who opened the scoring through Shane Carey after two minutes - a pointed free. They followed this up in the sixth minute with a well taken Enda Smith point from the left.
But Dublin immediately responded with their first score, a point from Cuala's Con O'Callaghan.
A brawl in the centre of the park in the tenth minute saw John Small and Michael Quinn booked, but The Students again responded well to regain a two point lead through Carey once more.
A smart ball from Tomás Brady from the right in the fifteenth minute put Dean Rock in a good position. He was fouled, and placed the subsequent free over from twenty-five yards.
DCU missed a great goal chance ninety seconds later. Michael Savage made a great initial save, before the ball spilled to two waiting College players. Neither could put anything on it, and Dublin had survived a mini scare.
It seemed to wake them up, as they scored a quick goal and a point through Con O'Callaghan and Rock respectively.
The final fifteen minutes was competitive and reasonably open, as Dublin put a bit of breathing space between the sides to lead by 1-7 to 0-6 at the break.
The teams traded points in the opening twenty minutes of the second-half, and DCU made it clear they weren't going to lie down with an O'Byrne Cup semi-final place, and the scalp of the All-Ireland champions at stake. They trailed by just a goal with thirteen minutes to go.
And when Dublin pulled 1-3 clear with five minutes to go, DCU struck a goal through Enda Smith.
But it was at that point that Dublin's experience told, as they were able to keep DCU at that distance until the end.
Dublin: Michael Savage, Jonny Cooper, Jarleth Curley, Conor Mullally, Nially Scully, Philly McMahon, John Small, Denis Bastick, James McCarthy, Tomás Brady, Dean Rock, Shane Carthy, Cormac Costello, Paddy Andrews, Con O'Callaghan
Subs not used: Adam Caffrey, Michael Concarr, Eoin Culligan, Stephen Cunningham, Darren Daly, Michael Deegan, , Graham Hannigan, Stephen Cluxton, Conor McGuire, Ciaran Reddin, Niall Walsh, Jason Whelan
Dublin Scorers: Rock 0-8 (3f), O'Callaghan 1-0, Andrews, 0-2, Carthy 0-2, Costello, 0-2, Whelan 0-1
DCU teams to follow...
But Dublin immediately responded with their first score, a point from Cuala's Con O'Callaghan.
A brawl in the centre of the park in the tenth minute saw John Small and Michael Quinn booked, but The Students again responded well to regain a two point lead through Carey once more.
A smart ball from Tomás Brady from the right in the fifteenth minute put Dean Rock in a good position. He was fouled, and placed the subsequent free over from twenty-five yards.
DCU missed a great goal chance ninety seconds later. Michael Savage made a great initial save, before the ball spilled to two waiting College players. Neither could put anything on it, and Dublin had survived a mini scare.
It seemed to wake them up, as they scored a quick goal and a point through Con O'Callaghan and Rock respectively.
The final fifteen minutes was competitive and reasonably open, as Dublin put a bit of breathing space between the sides to lead by 1-7 to 0-6 at the break.
The teams traded points in the opening twenty minutes of the second-half, and DCU made it clear they weren't going to lie down with an O'Byrne Cup semi-final place, and the scalp of the All-Ireland champions at stake. They trailed by just a goal with thirteen minutes to go.
And when Dublin pulled 1-3 clear with five minutes to go, DCU struck a goal through Enda Smith.
But it was at that point that Dublin's experience told, as they were able to keep DCU at that distance until the end.
Dublin: Michael Savage, Jonny Cooper, Jarleth Curley, Conor Mullally, Nially Scully, Philly McMahon, John Small, Denis Bastick, James McCarthy, Tomás Brady, Dean Rock, Shane Carthy, Cormac Costello, Paddy Andrews, Con O'Callaghan
Subs not used: Adam Caffrey, Michael Concarr, Eoin Culligan, Stephen Cunningham, Darren Daly, Michael Deegan, , Graham Hannigan, Stephen Cluxton, Conor McGuire, Ciaran Reddin, Niall Walsh, Jason Whelan
Dublin Scorers: Rock 0-8 (3f), O'Callaghan 1-0, Andrews, 0-2, Carthy 0-2, Costello, 0-2, Whelan 0-1
DCU teams to follow...
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