Analysis of Sean Bugler's standout performance for Dublin
Sean Bugler was a standout performer for Dublin in their 13th consecutive Leinster final win yesterday.Often operating under the radar and unheralded at times, the St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh half-forward excelled across the board throughout an immense shift.
That Bugler, at 25, is just now becoming an established name shows how long some rising stars in the capital must wait for their breakthrough and the level of work and patience required through the ranks. He was turned over by Ciarán Murphy with his first involvement yesterday, having been swarmed by three Louth players after fumbling a low kick-pass from Davy Byrne. A couple of minutes later, as Dublin worked through their teething problems in a scatty opening, he robbed Niall Sharkey from a line ball and popped it off to Ciarán Kilkenny. Amends made, that link-up was one we’d see over and over.Bugler raised his first white flag of the day in the 12th minute, making it 0-2 a-piece.
Bugler won plenty of breaking ball and was always an option, all the while creating space and making important dummy runs — and other more direct ones, of course. He hassled and harried, and established himself as a real link-up player.His third point was a beauty before the half-hour mark. Bugler was the out-ball on the edge of the D when Dublin won a throw-up on the ’21, and he floated over with his left.
That wasn’t the only praise coming from the Kingdom. Paul Galvin lauded his quality on Twitter, noting his ”potential to be the next top half forward in the country”. His top moment of the day, though, was his 56th-minute goal. Almost single-handedly, he tore the Louth defence apart. Dublin won Califf’s kickout, Bugler got on the ball and turned on the speed, playing a one-two with Kilkenny and sending a left-footed rocket into the back of the net. The scoreboard read 3-17 to 0-10 as he wheeled away.A brilliant move & finish from Sean Bugler earlier 🔥#UpTheDubs pic.twitter.com/u49ALMNeiBHe was the orchestrator, of sorts, of their fourth goal.
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