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DUBLIN SFC FINAL:Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh 0-13 Kilmacud Crokes 1-10 - IT'S OFTEN said that in any championship you need to lose a final before you can win one. Not quite sure where that leaves St Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh, who last night found themselves in a superb position to win their first Dublin senior football title in their first final appearance, writes Ian O'Riordan

Instead, they found themselves caught up in a hectic, highly exciting finale that saw Kilmacud Crokes battle them until the end and force the replay, which on the night they were no less deserving of. Both sides had their chance to win it at the death and both blew it, not that a draw, of course, was any worse than losing.