Cuala book their place in Dublin senior hurling final

Cuala qualified for their first final in three years after defeating Ballyboden St Enda’s by in their Dublin Senior Hurling Championship semi-final at Parnell Park on Sunday afternoon.

David Treacy was in sublime form from placed balls for the winners as he struck nine first-half points with Paul Ryan’s tally of six trimming Boden’s arrears to 0-14 to 0-9 by the interval.

Ryan was almost single-handedly keeping St Enda’s in contention with three early second-half points but Sean Moran’s contribution from wing-back for Cuala was equally key as he fired over a brace of excellent points.

Ryan’s brilliance, that saw him accrue 1-17 of his team’s tally, ultimately proved in vain with Cuala holding out for a deserved three point win.

Earlier in the day, Lucan Sarsfields impressed from the outset when comfortably defeating O’Toole’s by 3-18 to 1-5 in their quarter-final replay.

Most of the damage was done in the first-half as Kevin Fitzgerald, Eoghan Ó Conghaile and Sean McClelland all netting with Kevin O’Reilly accruing eleven points over the hour for Lucan.