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AS IT HAPPENED

As it happened: Na Piarsaigh v Cuala, All-Ireland senior club hurling final

Clubs from Limerick and Dublin were chasing the big prize today.

Welcome to the live coverage of today’s hurling decider. Throw-in is at 3.45pm. We’ll have team news shortly.

Na Piarsaigh

1. Podge Kennedy

2. Jerome Boylan
3. Mike Casey
4. Niall Buckley

5. Alan Dempsey
6. Cathal King (captain)
7. Kieran Kennedy

8. Shane Dowling
9. William O’Donoghue

10. Ronan Lynch
11. David Breen
12. David Dempsey

13. Adrian Breen
14. Kevin Downes
15. Peter Casey

Cuala

1. Sean Brennan

2. Oisin Gough
3. Cian O’Callaghan
19. Paul Schutte

5. Darragh O’Connell
6. Sean Moran
7. John Sheanon

8. Jake Malone
9. Sean Treacy

10. David Treacy (captain)
11. Colm Cronin
12. Colum Sheanon

13. Mark Schutte
14. Con O’Callaghan
15. Nicky Kenny

Paul Schutte is a late change for Cuala, replacing Simon Timlin.

And we’re underway!

Con O’Callaghan hits an early wide.

Con O’Callaghan is fouled and David Treacy converts the free.

Cuala 0-2 Na Piarsaigh 0-0

Colm Cronin sends over a score from distance.

Cuala 0-2 Na Piarsaigh 0-1

Downes gets his first after a fine fetch.

Cuala 0-3 Na Piarsaigh 0-1

Another free from Treacy.

Cuala 0-4 Na Piarsaigh 0-1

Sean Treacy floats one over from midfield.

Cuala 0-4 Na Piarsaigh 0-3

Peter Casey and Shane Dowling in quick succession for the Limerick men.

Cuala 0-4 Na Piarsaigh 0-4

We’re all level. Downes drills over after a good move.

Cuala 0-5 Na Piarsaigh 0-4

David Treacy, the Cuala skipper, sends the Dalkey outfit back in front.

Cuala 0-6 Na Piarsaigh 0-5

Downes wins a free and Dowling converts. Moments earlier, Treacy did likewise from a Cuala free.

Cuala 0-6 Na Piarsaigh 0-6

Downes is fouled again and Dowling levels us up from the free.

Cuala 0-6 Na Piarsaigh 0-6

Adrian Breen drops one short and then Na Piarsaigh attack again but Dowling shoots wide.

We’ll have two minutes of added time.

Cuala 0-6 Na Piarsaigh 0-7

Brilliant tackling from Peter Casey and he slips in Breen for the score.

 

Cuala 0-6 Na Piarsaigh 0-8

Breen puts Na Piarsaigh two in front.

 

HT - Cuala 0-6 Na Piarsaigh 0-8

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Paul Schutte with Kevin Downes Gary Carr / INPHO Gary Carr / INPHO / INPHO

Cuala 0-8 Na Piarsaigh 0-9

Sean and David Treacy on the mark early on for Cuala, with Peter Casey on target at the far end.

GOAL! Peter Casey nets for Na Piarsaigh!

Cuala 0-9 Na Piarsaigh 1-9

David Treacy nails a Cuala free.

Cuala 0-9 Na Piarsaigh 1-10

Dowling lands a long-range effort.

Cuala 0-10 Na Piarsaigh 1-10

Cronin with a great score to bring Cuala back to within three.

Cuala 0-11 Na Piarsaigh 1-10

Sean Treacy makes it a two-point game.

Cuala 0-13 Na Piarsaigh 1-10

Darragh O’Connell lands one for Cuala who are back by the wind and then David Treacy levels it.

Cuala 0-14 Na Piarsaigh 1-10

And Cuala lead thanks to Nick Kenny’s effort which sails over.

Cuala 0-14 Na Piarsaigh 1-11

Downes levels the game from the corner with a fine score.

Cuala 0-15 Na Piarsaigh 1-11

Treacy nails another free – he’s been excellent from dead balls in these windy conditions.

Cuala 0-15 Na Piarsaigh 1-12

David Breen with a good score from centre-forward against the breeze.

We’ll have Hawkeye after Adrian Breen’s point attempt…

Cuala 0-15 Na Piarsaigh 1-13

And it’s given! Na Piarsaigh lead once again. Meanwhile Shane Stapleton is in for John Sheanon on the Cuala team.

Ten minutes to play here. Who do you fancy to win it?

Cuala sub: Niall Carty is in for Nicky Kenny.

Cuala 0-15 Na Piarsaigh 1-14

Dowling slots over a free from a tight angle. Na Piarsaigh by two.

Cuala 0-16 Na Piarsaigh 1-14

Treacy sends over a free in response.

 

Na Piarsaigh are defending really well now as Cuala chase the game.

Cuala 0-16 Na Piarsaigh 1-15

Downes with a massive, massive score for the Munster champions. Their tails are up now.

 

Cuala 0-16 Na Piarsaigh 1-16

Dowling with another free and Na Piarsaigh are three up as we enter stoppage-time.

We’ll have three minutes added time.

Cuala 0-16 Na Piarsaigh 1-16

Dowling sends a free wide. Cuala still have a chance.

 

Cuala sub: Jake Malone is replaced by Cian Waldron.

Free in for Cuala inside the 20m line.

Seam Moran has to go for goal here with time pretty much up.

Six Na Piarsaigh men on the line.

GOAL! Sean Moran hits the net for Cuala to level the game at the death!

We’ll have extra-time. Stay tuned.

Shane Dowling’s free near the end proved costly for Na Piarsaigh. It’l be interesting to see how they react now in extra-time. We’re underway.

Cuala 1-17 Na Piarsaigh 1-16

Con gets off the mark for the Dublin side.

GOAL! David Breen scores a goal for Na Piarsaigh in extra-time!

Cuala 1-19 Na Piarsaigh 2-16

Mark Schutte pulls one back for Cuala and David Treacy tags on a free.

Cuala 1-19 Na Piarsaigh 2-17

David Dempsey races forward and slots over.

 

Cuala 1-19 Na Piarsaigh 2-18

Adrian Breen’s fourth of the afternoon flies between the posts.

Cuala sub: Simon Timlin replaces Sean Treacy.

Cuala sub: Colm Cronin goes off for Diarmuid O’Flynn.

We’ll have one minute of additional time at the end of the first period of extra-time.

Na Piarisagh sub: Mike Foley replaces Niall Buckley.

Cuala 1-20 Na Piarsaigh 2-18

Treacy converts a free.

Half-time in extra-time: Cuala 1-20 Na Piarisagh 2-18

The second-half of extra-time is underway.

Cuala 1-21 Na Piarsaigh 2-18

Mark Schutte wins a close-range free in and Treacy applies the finish. Draw match.

Cuala 1-21 Na Piarsaigh 2-19

A nice Na Piarsaigh move results in Dempsey slotting over to give his side the lead once again.

Cuala sub: Sean Treacy is back into the fray, on for Nicky Kenny.

Na Piarsaigh sub: Gordon Brown is on for Jerome Boylan.

A bad wide by Paul Schutte in Cuala’s last attack there. They trail by one with two and a half minutes left.

Con O’Callaghan drops one short when there was a hint of a foul on him. A Na Piarsaigh attack at the far end comes to nothing. 90 seconds left.

Cuala 1-22 Na Piarsaigh 2-19

David Treacy points a free from 65m to bring us level once again!

One minute injury-time. The next score will win it.

Con drops a chance short.

FT after extra-time – Cuala 1-22 Na Piarsaigh 2-19

We’ll have a replay. Date and venue to be announced by the GAA.

That’s all from Croke Park, thanks for joining us.

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