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pace as Na Gaeil put pressure at kick-out merous turnovers. d from Dan Goggin, id Herlihy (two) and the sole Rathgarresponse of the half minute. aire Bolger free after tute Aaron Ryan and was quickly followed ide, courtesy of Ollie ore afterwards, from Robert Murphy and the ball spilling from ver the endline when nce of goal from an e 50th minute. without a score given dards, Dara Devine for Na Gaeil from a ne was booked for a corner-back Damien he scoresheet before smissed on a second econd of four added ree tapped over by ine their vast superiad time to add a third y completed his hathg Cody over-ran the cks towards the Hill k transfer downfield rry supplying the last r 12 to cap a day at never forget. Cushinstown players m their appreciative wer deck of the Hogan istle, and it was there ay clearly didn’t go he journey they have colleagues on since unior title in 2018 has ecial. ers gathered around ger in a huddle close leaving the hallowed m sure there was a unce back from this bold bid for the Interafter a well-deserved hinstown: Nicky Sinnott cGrath, Peadar Cody, Cody, Eoin Porter, Brian Carroll (0-1), Matthew ody (0-1), Daire Bolger Furlong; Jason Dunne Eric Cummins. Subs. -
Mark Power for O’Neill, inj. (24), Ollie Bolger for McGrath (36), Aaron Ryan for Cummins (42), Luke O’Connor for R. Murphy (56), Paddy Barron for D. Bolger (58), Jonathan Kelly for Sinnott (68), also Neil Merrigan, Fionn Slattery, Ian Kennedy, Ricky McGrath, Chris Kent, Eoin Burke, David Donnelly, Liam O’Shea, Mark
Carroll, Aodhán Slattery.
Na Gaeil: Timmy Culloty; Ryan O’Neill (0-1), Eoin O’Neill, Damien Bourke (0-1); Andrew Barry, Eoin Doody (capt., 0-3, 1 free), Kieran O’Donovan; Diarmuid O’Connor, Jack Barry (0-1); Ian McCarthy (3-2), Dara Devine (0-3, 2 frees), Dan Goggin (0-1); Mike Griffin (0-3), Dan O’Connor, Diarmaid Herlihy (0-3). Subs. - Kieran Dineen for Dan O’Connor (42), Eoin Walsh for E. O’Neill (46), Jamie Lowham for Griffin (46), Darragh Reen (0-1) for Goggin, James O’Connor for O’Donovan (49), Paul Daly (0-1 free) for Doody (58).
Referee: Seán Lonergan (Tipperary).