All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final
Dublin 1-19 Monaghan 0-12 5/8/17
Monaghan’s SFC run was brought to an end by a dominant Dublin team in Saturday’s All-Ireland quarter-final at Croke Park. Dean Rock hit 1-8 for three-in-a-row-chasing Dublin, who set the foundations for another victory with a strong first-half performance that earned them a 0-11 to 0-3 lead.
Rock, whose full-forward colleagues Paul Mannion and Paddy Andrews were also on form, added to his unerring free-taking with the only goal of the game on 40 minutes and although Monaghan battled gamely in the remaining half-an-hour, they were unable to make inroads into their deficit. Substitute Conor McCarthy landed three second-half points for Malachy O’Rourke’s side, but they couldn’t find a way past Dublin keeper Stephen Cluxton, who kept a clean sheet on his record 89th championship appearance.
Dublin: S Cluxton (Capt.); M Fitzsimons, P McMahon, C O’Sullivan; J Cooper, J Small, E Lowndes; B Fenton, J McCarthy (0-1); J McCaffrey (0-1), C O’Callaghan (0-1), C Kilkenny; P Mannion (0-3), P Andrews (0-3), D Rock (1-8, 0-7f, 0-1 ’45).
Subs: B Brogan for Lowndes (41), P Flynn (0-1) for McCarthy, D Daly for Small (both 50), E O’Gara (0-1) for Andrews (53), MD MacAuley for Kilkenny (57), D Byrne for Cooper (60).
Monaghan: R Beggan (0-1f); D Wylie, C Walshe (Capt., 0-1), R Wylie; K Duffy, F Kelly, K O’Connell (0-1); K Hughes, D Hughes (0-1); R McAnespie (0-1), S Carey, D Ward; G Doogan, J McCarron, C McManus (0-4, 3f).
Subs: C McCarthy (0-3) for Doogan (35), O Duffy for Ward (H-T), V Corey for R Wylie, D Mone for O’Connell (both 43), D Malone for Carey (55), N McAdam for D Hughes (62).
Referee: C Lane (Cork).
By cshalvey Sun 6th Aug
