Dublin club follow in Cuala’s footsteps to become Leinster hurling and football champions
Just like a Dublin Bus, you wait a lifetime for one to come along and then two arrive within minutes. Na Fianna became only the second club in history to be crowned both Leinster hurling and football champions, accomplishing the feat just two hours after Cuala had become the first.
Na Fianna’s response was emphatic. The Dublin side immediately worked the ball down the field in the very next attack where Ciarán Stacey offloaded to AJ Murphy and the Na Fianna full-forward tucked the ball beyond Conor Slevin in the Kilcormac goal. Adam Screeney, who showed several flashes of brilliance throughout the contest, burrowed his way out with the ball from a ruck in front of the Na Fianna goal moments later to squeeze home his side’s second goal.But Burke, capping off a man of the match performance, then floated over a superb injury-time point and when Murphy added another it was clear there would be no way back for Kilcormac/Killoughey.
But by the time Screeney made an impact on the scoreboard, Na Fianna had already posted three points – the opener coming from Jack Meagher in the first minute and followed quickly by a pair of Currie frees.
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