Dublin 1-19 Limerick 1-21 - NHL QF - 02/04/2016
Dublin 1-19
Limerick 1-21
Dublin exited the Allianz National Hurling League on Saturday night with a defeat to Limerick at Parnell Park. The game was entertaining for large parts, but had Dublin scored a second-half penalty, and a not hit a number of poor wides, the result might have been very different.
It took until the seventh minute for either side to register a score. It went to Dublin as David Treacy shot over a free. The teams then traded scores until the fifteenth minute, through Eamon Dillon and Niall McMorrow for the Dubs, and Shane Dowling and Paul Browne for Limerick, when the visitors began to move into the ascendancy.
Barry Nash's twenty-third minute point from play had them three ahead, and it was Treacy's free-taking that was keeping Dublin in the game at that stage.
Limerick moved four ahead for the first time in the thirty-first minute as Diarmaid Byrnes scored a point from distance, before Dillon responded with the point of the half from a narrow angle out left.
Coming out from half-time four points down, Dublin made a great start to the second period as McMorrow, Treacy, and Darragh O'Connell brought them to within a point after forty minutes.
The tension rose over the next five minutes as James Ryan, for Limerick, and Daire Plunkett, for Dublin, were booked.
But it was the home side who responded best, and Dublin were level in the forty-ninth minute after a good score from Dotsey O'Callaghan. He then played a part in giving his side a potential life line. He made space for himself out left, cut inside, and then gave the sliotar to Eamon Dillon. The corner forward was fouled, and referee Brian Gavin awarded the penalty. But Treacy's effort was saved by Nickie Quaid.
And the game turned within two minutes, as Limerick scored the crucial goal. Kevin Downes buried the sliotar passed Conor Dooley, and suddenly Dublin were three down.
And Ger Cunningham's side couldn't get closer to The Shannonsiders for the remaining fifteen minutes, as they hit a number of frustrating wides, before Treacy scored a goal deep into stoppage time.
It wasn't enough however, and so Dublin's unbeaten record at Parnell Park, stretching back to March 2011, is gone.
Next up for Dublin is Wexford in the Leinster Championship in seven weeks' time.
Limerick 1-21
Dublin exited the Allianz National Hurling League on Saturday night with a defeat to Limerick at Parnell Park. The game was entertaining for large parts, but had Dublin scored a second-half penalty, and a not hit a number of poor wides, the result might have been very different.
It took until the seventh minute for either side to register a score. It went to Dublin as David Treacy shot over a free. The teams then traded scores until the fifteenth minute, through Eamon Dillon and Niall McMorrow for the Dubs, and Shane Dowling and Paul Browne for Limerick, when the visitors began to move into the ascendancy.
Barry Nash's twenty-third minute point from play had them three ahead, and it was Treacy's free-taking that was keeping Dublin in the game at that stage.
Limerick moved four ahead for the first time in the thirty-first minute as Diarmaid Byrnes scored a point from distance, before Dillon responded with the point of the half from a narrow angle out left.
Coming out from half-time four points down, Dublin made a great start to the second period as McMorrow, Treacy, and Darragh O'Connell brought them to within a point after forty minutes.
The tension rose over the next five minutes as James Ryan, for Limerick, and Daire Plunkett, for Dublin, were booked.
But it was the home side who responded best, and Dublin were level in the forty-ninth minute after a good score from Dotsey O'Callaghan. He then played a part in giving his side a potential life line. He made space for himself out left, cut inside, and then gave the sliotar to Eamon Dillon. The corner forward was fouled, and referee Brian Gavin awarded the penalty. But Treacy's effort was saved by Nickie Quaid.
And the game turned within two minutes, as Limerick scored the crucial goal. Kevin Downes buried the sliotar passed Conor Dooley, and suddenly Dublin were three down.
And Ger Cunningham's side couldn't get closer to The Shannonsiders for the remaining fifteen minutes, as they hit a number of frustrating wides, before Treacy scored a goal deep into stoppage time.
It wasn't enough however, and so Dublin's unbeaten record at Parnell Park, stretching back to March 2011, is gone.
Next up for Dublin is Wexford in the Leinster Championship in seven weeks' time.
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