Rebels did enough in the second and third quarters of the the game to see it out
are through to the All-Ireland semi-final, but without the exuberance and energy that saved their season a month ago. A game that had been largely lifeless and bloodless ended with Cork defending a little desperately and Dublin finally realising that there was less to be afraid of than they had probably imagined.
Hurling previews: Cork and Clare can cut through the lingering doubts to reach All-Ireland semi-finalsAfter their annihilation in the Leinster final Dublin cleared their heads and straightened themselves up, but there was a ceiling to their threat. Donal Burke, their perennial top scorer and one of the best free takers in the country, had a meltdown from dead balls and after his fourth missed free the responsibility was passed to Sean Currie.
Conor Burke made a terrific start at centrefield, Sean Currie got his hands on some possession as Dublin’s only attacker close to goal and Dublin matched Cork score for score in the opening 15 minutes.The sloppiness and lack of concentration that had sabotaged Cork’s performance against Offaly a week ago was not corrected straight from the throw-in and it had not been fully addressed by half-time either, though their focus improved as the half wore on.
Cork’s two goal chances in the first half both fell to Horgan. For the first, he was played in by Barrett, but he tried to manoeuvre a batted finish when he had more than enough time and space to strike the ball with an orthodox swing. Granted half a chance O’Donnell lunged at Horgan and smothered the shot.
But they went eight minutes without a score in the middle of the second half, and a game that had been drifting towards an inevitable took an unexpected turn. Dublin’s got a bounce from their bench and O’Donnell made an appreciable difference when he was switched to centrefield.P Collins, N O’Leary, E Downey, S O’Donoghue, T O’Mahony, C Joyce, M Coleman, D Fitzgibbon, L Meade , D Dalton , S Barrett , S Harnedy , P Horgan , A Connolly, B Hayes .
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