Dublin 1-16 Tipperary 2-13:A late reprieve from referee Colm Lyons earned Dublin a replay in today's All-Ireland minor hurling final at Croke Park.
With a minute of injury time played, the Cork official presented the unerring Paul Winters with a free to level matters up after an earlier goal by Tipp’s Mark McCarthy seemed to have them on course for the title.
The draw seems about right; the Munster champions didn’t score from play until Seán Maher pointed on 33 minutes (entirely reliant on the brilliant placed ball striking of John McGrath until then) while a thrilling goal from Dublin’s Cormac Costello had seen them take initial control off the contest.
"That's the way weve been for the whole year," said Costello of Dublin's ability to stay in the game. "In fairness to Tipp, they came out all guns blazing in the second half. They got their chance and went up, but we live to fight another day."
Dublin minor hurling manager Shay Boland took no consolation from the late score and believed his side should have won the game.
“To be honest, we’re really gutted. We felt we had enough to win that game but it didn’t happen, so we’re gutted," he told TV3. "We’re delighted with the performance. We dug in. There’s great characters in these guys. We’ve just got to get on with it now.”
He added: “This team work hard every day they go out and they’re trained that way, they’re conditioned to work hard. You don’t win anything in life easily. I can’t talk about Tipperary, but we didn’t fear Tipperary at all.”
Tipp manager William Maher, in contrast, was "delighted to get another opportunity to win an All-Ireland".
"Dublin were three to one outsiders coming in and we couldn’t understand it, because they were the best team we played by a mile this year. We’re delighted to get another opportunity.
"We played very poorly in the first half and played a little better in the second half.
We’ve loads of work to do but we’re looking forward to it. We’ve a huge amount of work to do and Dublin are a serious outfit."