DUBS AIM FOR FINAL LANDING
THE four provincial winners made it through to the semifinals of the TG4 All-Ireland Championship — and the scene is now set for two shoot-outs in Roscommon. Cork and Donegal meet in a fixture that is a repeat of their classic Lidl NFL Division 1 final at Parnell Park last year. Donegal will take heart from an impressive 4-11 to 2-3 victory over Cork in the group stages of this year’s league campaign but Cork were already through to the knockout stages by then. The Ulster side had to work hard to achieve qualifier victories over Kerry and Tipperary and were run to three points by Armagh in the All-Ireland quarter-final. Dublin’s fifth successive All-Ireland semi-final appearance sees them take on Galway, their vanquished opponents at this stage of the competition in 2014. The Tribeswomen have marched impressively into the last four in 2018 and are also the only team to have beaten Dublin in a competitive fixture this year, having claimed a group victory in the Lidl NFL’s top flight. Galway were also unlucky not to defeat the Dubs in the league semi-final, when Nicole Owens bagged a late goal to send Mick Bohan’s charges through to the final. The scene is now set for what promises to be a cracking encounter at Dr Hyde Park, with a coveted final spot on September 16 on offer for the winners. A victory for Dublin would put them in a fifth successive final while a Galway win would see