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Dublin U21 Footballers Progress To Leinster Final After Extra Time in Carlow - Thu, 18 Mar 2010

Dublin 0-14 Carlow 0-13

Well done to Cian Mullins, Gavin McIntyre, Sean Murray, Alan McCarrick and the Dublin U21 Footballers on their Leinster Championship Quarter-Semi win over Carlow. They had to do it the hard way coming back from a point down in injury time to force the game to extra time. They now face Westmeath in the Leinster Final on Easter Sunday, April 4th in Parnell Pk.

eferee Joe Curley needed a garda escort from the Dr Cullen Park pitch yesterday as Dublin claimed a controversial Cadbury Leinster U21FC semi-final victory over Carlow. The home support was incensed by the Meath official's decision to award a free-out to the visitors at the end of extra-time when the outstanding Brendan Murphy appeared to be fouled. Had a free-in been awarded, Carlow would almost certainly have forced a replay.

There was little to separate the sides at any stage who were level on six occasions. Beaten 2007 Leinster minor finalists Carlow led by 0-7 to 0-6 at half-time with former Sydney Swans player Murphy giving a master-class at midfield. The home side looked to have shaken off the visitors when substitute Cathal Coughlan kicked them into a 0-10 to 0-9 lead in the 59th minute, but Dublin came back to level through another sub, Barry O'Rourke, who kicked 0-3 in all.

Carlow regained the lead in extra-time through Murphy, but with senior Rory O'Carroll, Sean Murray, Nicky Devereux, Cian Mullins, Gary Sweeney and O'Rourke to the fore, the visitors led by 0-13 to 0-11 at half-time and held on in the second period.

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