A record crowd of 56,114 watched Dublin Hannah O’Neill critical to their 2-3 to 0-4 victory over Galway and claim their next TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship in a row with goals from Sin??ad Goldrick.
Neither team analyzed the conditions in Croke Park, but Galway closed to within three points of Dublin with seven minutes remaining for Noelle Healy and seasoned duo Sin??ad Aherne to kick the security factors for Dublin.
Tim Rabbitt’s negative were seeking to win a second but five first-half wides meant that they never threatened the Leinster winners.
While the rain never lashed down in Croke Park, the non-stop drizzle meant the underfoot conditions were slippery, turnovers and managing mistakes from the attack were regular and shooting at target was a lottery sometimes.
Prior to throw-in it had been shown that Dublin full-forward Healy wouldn’t begin with and it had been. And while they could generate scoring chances their first eight efforts either dropped short or broad.
The opportunity came Galway’s way when R??is??n Leonard’s free from the right celebrity wides – she missed an identical attempt later in the half – while Dublin captain Aherne missed the goal at the end.
Together with both management teams looking to acquire the edge with scores there was lots of shifting of places. Galway saw ??ine McDonagh beginning at midfield, although she spent some time while Sarah Conneally also roamed deep for the Connacht champions.
The search for its score continued as Niamh McEvoy and Tracey Leonard hit the pole, while Olwen Carey had to elongate her limits to cut out Conneally’s pass, that could have sent McDonagh in on goal.
But the opening score came after 22 minutes and it wasn’t a surprise to view it felt in a somewhat method that was calamitous. Before Goldrick gathered possession in the front of the Galway objective aherne, O’Neill and Jennifer Dunne were involved. Two Galway defenders collided and Sarah Lynch obstructed Goldrick’s shooter, but it careening over Lisa Murphy’s mind into the web.
Galway deserved a score for their attempts and five minutes by half-time Olivia Divilly fought difficult to assemble a loose ball. The ball worked its way into Conneally, that curled in the best and settled himself.
The half-time score of 1-0 to 0-1 from the favour of Dublin was first added to directly out of the restart when Lyndsey Davey clipped over a stage, but the scoring continued to be hard by R??is??n and Aherne Leonard off target again.
A late hit on Ciara Trant made a yellow card Mair??ad Seoighe at the 37th minute and at the 39th minute Dublin fantasy took a step closer to reality. Niamh McEvoy’s quick free delivered Davey scuttling in along the end line and also her perfectly weighted pass.
With no All-Ireland because 2004 there was a lot of fight although it took 14 moments to them to accumulate them plus they scored the next three points of this match. Tracey Leonard kicked while R??is??n Leonard inserted her first of the game to close the gap to 2-1 to 0-4 two frees.
However, as soon as Galway set one score between the teams Dublin pushed on. Aherne curled over an excellent stage with five minute remaining before Healy pointed to finish the job and completed the ball half the length of this area.
Scorers for Dublin: S Goldrick 1-0, H O’Neill 1-0, L Davey 0-1, S Aherne 0-1.
Scorers for Galway: T Leonard 0-2 (2f), S Conneally 0-1, R Leonard 0-1.
Dublin: C Trant; ?? Rutledge, N Collins, M Byrne; A Kane, O Carey, S Goldrick; L Magee, S McGrath; L Davey, N McEvoy, C Rowe; H O’Neill, J Dunne, S Aherne (c).
Subs: N Healy for Dunne (h-t), C O’Connor for McEvoy (43), O Whyte for O’Neill (51), R Ruddy to get Kane (55), N Heatherton for Rowe (60).
Galway: L Murphy; S Burke, S Lynch, O Murphy; N Ward, L Ward, S Molloy; B Hannon, ?? McDonagh; O Divilly, M Glynn, M Seoighe; R Leonard, S Conneally, Glynn Leonard (c).
Subs: F Cooney for Conneally (43), C Cooney for Murphy (46), L Coen for Seoighe (48), A Trill for R Leonard (57), M Coyne for Hannon (58).
Referee: Brendan Rice (Down).
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