GAA: Cavan shock Mayo as Tipperary ease past Waterford
Michael Verney in Nowlan Park:Five-goal Cats survive second-half crackerTheir lead was as big as 16 points in the early minutes of the second half but Kilkenny were left breathing a sigh of relief having survived a storming second-half comeback by Dublin (5-19 to 3-21).Dublin were the authors of their own downfall in the first half with an inability to deal with high ball at the edge of their own square as Adrian Mullen and Martin Keoghan pilfered soft goals.Billy Ryan and TJ Reid added further red flags and when the latter fired over a free at the start of the second, Derek Lyng's men looked home and hosed as they led 4-14 to 0-10.With shades of their remarkable 2020 clash about proceedings in Nowlan Park, Seán Currie fired a Dublin goal in the 39th minute to kick off the fightback.Curried then added a second in the 53rd minute from a free before the brilliant Cian O'Sullivan (1-5 from play) had the green flag up again 60 seconds later after a cracking goal, 4-16 to 3-14.They had the gap back to two points in the 69th minute with substitute AJ Murphy firing over a brace but just when it looked like Niall Ó Ceallacháin's men might complete the fairytale, the Cats responded.Ryan (2-3) gave one of his finest displays in black and amber and his goal at the end of normal time gave them the buffer needed to see it out and book their Leinster final place, and a shot at a provincial six-in-a-row.
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