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St Kieran's are tested Leinster Colleges

SH quarter-final St Kieran's 0-17 Dublin Colleges 0-11

Sat Feb 12 2005 - 00:00

SH quarter-finalSt Kieran's 0-17 Dublin Colleges 0-11

Dublin Colleges tested champions St Kieran's College, Kilkenny, before the holders came good with a flurry of late points in Carlow yesterday.

St Kieran's led from the second minute when Richie Hogan pointed a free. But, while they were always playing catch up, the Dublin side showed tremendous commitment as St Kieran's led by 0-8 to 0-5 at the interval.

Dublin centre forward Maurice Nagle proved particularly troublesome for the Kilkenny defence, scoring 0-4 from play.

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With just four minutes remaining and St Kieran's leading 0-14 to 0-11, Nagle gained possession close to the St Kieran's goal but Hogan made a superb block and cleared the ball.

Thereafter the champions added three unanswered points as the Dublin challenge finally wilted. St Kieran's can only have gained considerably from this very searching assignment and now advance to a semi-final meeting against Good Counsel of New Ross.

ST KIERAN'S: N Cleere; E O'Shea, S Campion, J Dowling; M Culleton, N Prendergast, N Tennyson; M Nolan (0-4, two frees, one '65), J Lawlor, TJ Reid (0-2), JJ Farrell (0-2), Mark Walsh (0-2), R Hogan (0-5, 0-4 frees), J Dermody, Martin Walsh (0-1). Subs: P Hogan (0-1) for Lawlor; D Fitzpatrick for Dermody; S Brennan for Reid.

DUBLIN COLLEGES: C McCormack; M McGarry, O Quinn, S Murphy; C Twomey, T Brady, R Drumgill; J McCaffrey (0-1), E Ryan; K O'Reilly (0-6, three frees), M Nagle (0-4), E Power; S O'Rourke, F Usanga, J McGrath. Subs: J Sheehan for McGrath; R Walker for Usanga.

Referee: P Ahern (Carlow).