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CHAMPIONSHIP 2010:ONE OF those big, lurching, white-knuckle Croke Park days when the delivery of a final verdict seems harsh. Cork won this All-Ireland semi-final and can’t be accused of not deserving their victory. Dublin lost and can have regrets but not complaints.

And yet, after 73 minutes nobody in the crowd of 82,225 would have begrudged a draw.