ALL-IRELAND COLLEGES SH A SEMI-FINALS/Thurles CBS 0-12 Dublin Colleges 0-10:A FAST start and strong finish saw Thurles CBS win their second game in seven days and earn their place in the All-Ireland final.

A sluggish start from the Leinster champions gave the Tipp side plenty of opportunity to take control of the game at Nowlan Park and they did just that - David Butler and Rory Ryan getting the bulk of the scores that saw Thurles lead 0-6 to 0-3 at half-time.

And, led by Butler, Thurles CBS were still three clear as the game moved into the final quarter - 0-9 to 0-6. The gap was soon stretched to four, but only after Dublin goalkeeper Finn McGarry reacted brilliantly to turn a Ciarán Shelly shot over the crossbar.

Dublin took strength from that and, when Kevin O'Loughlin landed a sideline ball with five minutes left there was the minimum between the teams - 0-10 to 0-9.

Points from Shelly and Butler brought the gap back to three, before Niall McMurrow hit a late consolation for Dublin.

THURLES CBS: B McCormack; S Maher, K O'Gorman, P Ryan; M Doyle, J Barry, R Ryan (0-2); D Maher, P O'Brien; C Shelly (0-2), M Russell (0-1), C Ryan (0-1); J O'Neill (0-1), D Butler (0-5, two frees), K Morris. Sub: P Looby for C Ryan (54 mins).

DUBLIN COLLEGES: F McGarry; D Ó Maoleidigh, R O'Carroll, D Curran; R O'Loughlin, C O'Farrell, M Quilty; R Walsh, J O'Callaghan; N Ó Muineacháin (0-1), P Buckeridge, D Treacy; C Gough, A McEnerney, N McMurrow (0-4, one free). Subs: L Rushe (0-1) for O'Callaghan, (20 mins); C Clinton (0-2) for McEnerney (37 mins); D Plunkett for Ó Muineacháin (40 mins); K O'Loughlin (0-2) for Buckeridge (47 mins).

Referee: J Owens (Wexford).