Taylor rescues Dublin in the nick of time

Camogie Junior Final/ Dublin 1-7 Clare 1-7 : When a team leads by 1-3 to no score after the first quarter of an All-Ireland …

Camogie Junior Final/ Dublin 1-7 Clare 1-7: When a team leads by 1-3 to no score after the first quarter of an All-Ireland final things can only go wrong. That is what happened to Dublin yesterday as they self-destructed until the third minute of injury time, when a free from substitute Niamh Taylor ensured a replay on October 8th.

Dublin moved into a dominant position from the start thanks to 1-1 from full forward Louise O'Hara and a point each from Ciara Lucey and Ciara Durkan.

Clare responded through Deirdre Murphy's accuracy from frees, with 1-2 before the break, but Dublin replied early in the second period with scores from Áine Fanning and Durkan.

Two frees each from Murphy and Claire McMahon, along with a Denise Lynch point, left Dublin needing Taylor's intervention.

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DUBLIN: E Butler; S Hanks, A McCluskey, A Cullen; A Fitzpatrick, S Cunnane, C Power; C Lucey (0-1, a 45), A Fanning (0-1); E Brannigan, G McCluskey, C Durkan (0-3); J Donnelly, L O'Hara (1-1), E Lucey. Subs: N Taylor (0-1, a free) for J Donnelly (28 mins), E Talbot for G McCluskey (57 mins).

CLARE: R Lynch; J Scanlan, D Corcoran, C McMahon; E Keating, C Halley, E Minogue; M McMahon, D Murphy (1-4, 0-3 from frees, 0-1 from 45); L Linnane, A O'Brien, F Lafferty; C McMahon (0-2, two frees), C O'Loughlin, C Commane. Subs: D Lynch (0-1) for A O'Brien (35 mins), S Lafferty for E Keating (39 mins), E Gallery for C Commane (45 mins).

Referee: U Ní Chearnaigh (Armagh).