Connemara seal win with late tries

Greystones - 14 Connemara - 23: Connemara booked their place into the Dublin finale for the first time when they defeated Greystones…

Greystones - 14 Connemara - 23: Connemara booked their place into the Dublin finale for the first time when they defeated Greystones after crossing for two last-minute tries.

Connemara supporters, who turned up in huge numbers at Dr Hickey Park on Saturday, will no doubt turn out in bigger numbers for their final clash against Dolphin.

Greystones always looked as though they were going to win the match, courtesy of penalty kicks from their outhalf Richie Murphy, but a stronger and more cohesive Connemara pack maintained a strong momentum.

No individual shone in the Connemara pack but their full-impact style kept Greystones pinned back.

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For Greystones Garrett Keogh scored in the corner, which left the home side sitting pretty.

But the O'Toole brothers turned the game topsy-turvey in the last four minutes of the match. Henry O'Toole took advantage of a huge mistake among the Greystones defence and touched down for a try from his own forward kick.

His brother Pat clinched the match for Connemara with a spidery and speedy try in the corner to give Connemara their well-deserved place in the final.

Both Connemara and Greystones played exemplary open rugby which should put most Division One sides to shame and it was a brave performance from Greystones.

GREYSTONES: R Spillane; M Logue, C Vance, K Sheperd, G Keogh; R Murphy, S Scanlon; N Finnerty, B Coffey, M Phelan, T Ashmore, N Magennety, S Galvan, D Crean, M Hogan. Replacements: G Brennan for Vance, G Murphy for Magennety, F O'Hanlon for Coffey, R Connolly for Hogan, R Corcoran for Keogh e, BJ Murphy for Finnerty.

CONNEMARA: H O'Toole; A Kehoe, M Foyle, P O'Neill, P O'Toole; F O'Rourke, D Kehoe; F Wood, T King, G King, F Madden, K Kehoe, N Walsh, B Kearney, G Burke. Replacement: C Joyce for G King.

Referee: P Eakin (Ulster).