Colleges Football/ Abbey CBS Newry 1-10 De La Salle Macroom 1-8: Abbey CBS, Newry, qualified for a first All-Ireland final at Dr Cullen Park on Saturday.
De La Salle led 1-2 to 0-1 after eight minutes, with David Goold scoring a goal. Once Abbey midfielders Kevin McKernan and Richard Gilmore started to provide a good supply of ball to the forwards, the game changed.
By half-time Abbey were level, 0-6 to 1-3, and within two minutes of the restart substitute Ruairí Cunningham kicked the northern champions into the lead. Kevin Dyas stormed forward for a point and when Richard Gilmore added another Abbey held a three-point lead.
In the 38th minute Cathal Magee crashed the ball to the De La Salle net for a 1-9 to 1-4 lead. Macroom rallied and Donal O'Sullivan and Seán Kiely kicked a combined four points to cut the Abbey lead to a point (1-9 to 1-8). But Abbey's Niall Devlin sealed victory with an injury-time 45.
ABBEY CBS: C Murdock; M Digney, C Murney, R Grant; D Rowland, K Dyas (0-2), C Coffey; K McKernan, R Gilmore (0-2); G McGarvey, C Magree (1-0), D Clarke; N Devlin (0-3, one 45), S Murdock, C McGovern (0-1). Subs: R Cunningham (0-2, frees) for McGarvey (inj), R Gillen for McGovern.
De La Salle, Macroom: S Casey; JJ Murphy, Peter Lynch, J Corkery; R Buckley, D Cotter, I Casey; J Ambrose, M McDonagh; J Ryan, D Goold (1-0), P Healy; D O'Sullivan (0-4, two frees), S Kiely (0-4), Paddy Lynch. Subs: J McCarthy for Murphy, C Dunne for McDonagh.
Referee: M Deegan (Laois).
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