DUBS PUSHED ALL WAY BY CARLOW

Carlow Allianz NHL Division 1B 0-18

SUPERSUB Donal Burke brought Dublin back from the brink with a brilliant 1-4 at Parnell Park last night.

The Blues trailed underdogs Carlow by two points at half-time and feared a shock defeat in Mattie Kenny’s first league game as boss.

But Burke came on at the break to turn the game and Eamonn Dillon added 1-1 in the third quarter too.

Darragh O’connell grabbed the other goal while John Hetherton impressed and clipped four points.

The win keeps Dublin in the promotion hunt and they will fancy a round two win over Offaly next weekend too.

Feargal Whitely and Fiontan Mcgibb clipped early points before the returning Darragh O’connell sniped a fourth minute goal.

But Carlow came into the game strongly and outscored Dublin by six points after O’connell’s goal to lead 0-11 to 1-06 at half-time.

Free-taker Marty Kavanagh was terrific for them and hit 12 points overall.

But the Mcdonagh Cup champions couldn’t keep it going and the introduction of Burke and ex-all-star Danny Sutcliffe changed the face of the game.

Mcgibb and Burke hit points straight after the restart and Dillon’s goal came in the 40th minute.

Kavanagh’s points kept Carlow in it and there was just two points in it again with 65 minutes on the clock.

But Dublin’s third goal of the night sealed the win and it was no surprise Burke blasted it.

RUTHLESS BLUES Eamon Dillon scores goal for Dublin last night MARKED MAN Tipperary’s Seamus Callanan attracts interest of Clare defence last night B Hogan; C Barrett, Padraic Maher, D Maher (K O’dwyer 69); A Flynn (0-1) , R Maher, B Heffernan; M Breen (0-1), R Byrne (0-1) (C Darcy 70); D Mccormack (N O’meara 69), N Mcgrath (0-3, 0-1 sl) (M Kehoe 60), Patrick Maher; W Connors (0-1), S Callanan (2-7, 0-6f, 0-1 pen), J Morris (0-2) (J O’dwyer 63). D Tuohy; J Mccarthy (C Galvin 36), D Mcinerney, J Browne; A Mccarthy, C Cleary, C Malone; S Golden, T Kelly (0-2, 0-1 sl); D Ryan, N Deasy (1-1, 1-0 pen, 0-1f) (P Duggan 36 0-4, 3f, 0-1 ’65), R Taylor (M O’malley 53 0-2, 1f, 0-1 ’65); C Guilfoyle, J Conlon (0-1) (I Galvin 63), M O’neill (P Collins 36 0-1). Colm Lyons (Cork).