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Tommy Conroy wheels away after scoring a point. Laszlo Geczo/INPHO
AS IT HAPPENED

As it happened: Dublin v Mayo, All-Ireland SFC semi-final

Relive all the magic as Mayo finally got the better of Dublin after extra-time.

A place in the All-Ireland final is the prize on offer today as familiar foes Mayo and Dublin square off in Croke Park.
Last year’s All-Ireland finalists have a long history of facing each other in big championship battles and today will see the addition of another chapter to the rivalry.
We’ll have team news for you in the next few minutes as well as some any late changes ahead of the 6pm throw-in.

Here’s how Mayo have been named to line out:

1. Rob Hennelly (Breaffy)

2. Padraig O’Hora (Ballina Stephenites),  3. Lee Keegan (Westport), 4. Michael Plunkett (Ballintubber)

5. Paddy Durcan (Castlebar Mitchels), 6. Stephen Coen (Hollymount/Carramore), 7. Eoghan McLaughlin (Westport)

8. Matthew Ruane (Breaffy), 9. Conor Loftus (Crossmolina)

10. Diarmuid O’Connor (Ballintubber) 11. Kevin McLoughlin (Knockmore), 12. Darren McHale (Knockmore)

13. Tommy Conroy (The Neale), 14. Aidan O’Shea (Breaffy), 15. Ryan O’Donoghue (Belmullet)

And here’s the Dublin starting 15:

1. Evan Comerford (Ballymun Kickhams)

2. Michael Fitzsimons (Cuala), 3. David Byrne (Naomh Olaf), 4. Jonny Cooper (Na Fianna)

5. James McCarthy (Ballymun Kickhams), 6. John Small (Ballymun Kickhams), 7. Seán McMahon (Raheny).

8. Brian Fenton (Raheny), 6. Brian Howard (Raheny) 

10. Paddy Small (Ballymun Kickhams), 11. Ciarán Kilkenny (Castleknock), 12. Niall Scully (Templeogue Synge Street)

13. Dean Rock (Ballymun Kickhams), 14. Con O’Callaghan (Cuala), 15. Cormac Costello (Whitehall Colmcille)

The Dublin ladies just booked their place in the All-Ireland final after getting the better of Mayo in the semi-final. Can Dessie Farrell’s side complete the double and progress to the final to keep their All-Ireland seven-in-a-row on the road?

Could you call how today is going to go?


Poll Results:

Mayo win (810)
Dublin win (439)
Draw (58)

Dublin change:

Eoin Murchan comes in to start ahead of Seán McMahon

Throw-In! Dublin 0-0 Mayo 0-0

Dublin 0-1 Mayo 0-0

Dublin mean business from the get go as Dean Rock converts a free after a foul on Ciaran Kilkenny.

4 mins: Dublin 0-1 Mayo 0-0

Niall Scully registers Dublin’s first wide of the afternoon as the champions build up a few attacks in the opening minutes.

Diarmuid O’Connor gets a chance at the Dublin posts at the other end after a challenge on Tommy Conroy but fails to find the range or the accuracy off the ground.

Another free opportunity follows shortly after for Mayo, but again they are unsuccessful as Ryan O’Donoghue drags his attempt wide.

6 mins: Dublin 0-2 Mayo 0-0

Good link work from Dublin ends with Kilkenny gathering possession on the run from Con O’Callaghan before sweeping the ball over off his left boot.

8 mins: Dublin 0-3 Mayo 0-0

Rock makes it a three-point game with his first from play. Mayo need to open their account soon to settle their nerves.

10 mins: Dublin 0-4 Mayo 0-0

Lovely fisted point from O’Callaghan.

That was a great passage of patient play from Dublin which saw them spread the play across the pitch before O’Callaghan stole a march inside his marker Padraig O’Hora and pop the ball over the bar.

A wide at the other end follows from Aidan O’Shea.

13 mins: Dublin 0-4 Mayo 0-1

Matthew Ruane grabs Mayo’s first point of the game with a brilliant long-range effort. They badly needed that score.

Ryan O’Donoghue tries to skip inside the Dublin cover for another shot at the posts but the Dublin backs do well to gobble him up and work a turnover.

14 mins: Dublin 0-5 Mayo 0-1

Kilkenny finds his range again to restore that four-point lead. Not a huge pace to the game so far but the Dubs are looking comfortable while Mayo are still trying to work themselves into the game.

17 mins: Dublin 0-5 Mayo 0-2

O’Donoghue converts a free from a tricky position to add to Mayo’s tally. But they need more of that to keep the press on Dublin.

18 mins: Dublin 0-6 Mayo 0-2

Rock knocks another free over after a foul on Paddy Small. Eoghan McLaughlin was the player who committed the foul and he was incensed when the free was awarded.

We’re at the first water break now.

22 mins: Dublin 0-6 Mayo 0-2

Some big hits going in. The ball is getting slippy after some rain fall as Aidan O’Shea makes a big fetch to land a mark in a lovely scoreable position in front of the posts.

But he misses and that’s another crucial chance gone for Mayo.

23 mins: Dublin 0-7 Mayo 0-2

Rock scores from a free at the other end to extend Dublin’ advantage. Brian Howard is now down receiving some medical attention after shipping a big hit from Padraig O’Hora.

27 mins: Dublin 0-8 Mayo 0-2

Another foul committed on Paddy Small by McLaughlin and Rock makes no mistake as he hooks it over to put six between the sides.

Meanwhile,  Enda Hession is coming in to replace Darren McHale for Mayo.

30 mins: Dublin 0-9 Mayo 0-3

Paddy Small clips his shot over from a tricky angle after some nice passing among the Dublin forwards.

Mayo are awarded a free from distance into the Hill 16 End which Rob Hennelly comes up to take and he splits the posts to give his side a badly-needed point.

Six between them again.

35 mins: Dublin 0-10 Mayo 0-3

The pace of the game is quite flat. Dublin are playing keep-ball to kill off the final stages of the first half as Kilkenny scores a free which he won himself.

Tommy Conroy manages to slink through the Dublin defence but blasts his shot wide. 

Three minutes added time to be played.

37 mins: Dublin 0-10 Mayo 0-4

That’s much better from Mayo. Conor Loftus drills the ball over after a lovely piece of attacking play.

They also prevent a goal-scoring opportunity at the other end.

Half-Time: Dublin 0-10 Mayo 0-4

35 mins: Dublin 0-10 Mayo 0-4

Back underway in Croker. Can Mayo do something to curtail the deficit and challenge Dublin?

35 mins: Dublin 0-10 Mayo 0-5

Great start for Mayo. O’Donoghue sends the ball flying between the posts from long range to bring the gap back to five.

Crucially, Rock misses at the other end and that’s Dublin’s fourth wide.

46 mins: Dublin 0-10 Mayo 0-5

Some very sloppy play from Mayo, giving away cheap possession. They’ve kept Dublin scoreless so far in the second half but they need to make ground on that gap.

48 mins: Dublin 0-10 Mayo 0-6

Con O’Callaghan receives a yellow card and Mayo have a really important free which Hennelly has scored. There’s much more life in the Mayo attack now.

Big call from Horan as Aidan O’Shea is taken off. 

51 mins: Dublin 0-10 Mayo 0-7

That’s a massive point from Lee Keegan to leave three between them. And that’s three points without reply from Mayo.

After such a lifeless first half, there’s a lot more punch to the game here now.

We’re now at the second water break.

52 mins: Dublin 0-11 Mayo 0-7

Paddy Small kicks the ball over with his left to grab Dublin’s first point of the second half.

54 mins: Dublin 0-11 Mayo 0-7

Colm Basquel misses a shot at goal after a counter attack from Dublin. But Mayo are furious that play was allowed to continue after Eoghan McLaughlin suffered a huge hit and it looks like he’s been stretchered off.

57 mins: Dublin 0-11 Mayo 0-7

Play has been stalled while McLaughlin is tended to. Replays of the incident are being played now and it was John Small who came in with the tackle.

It doesn’t look like referee Conor Lane is gong to take any action over the incident.

58 mins: Dublin 0-12 Mayo 0-7

Play has resumed and Mayo didn’t a free either after that challenge on McLaughlin. Meanwhile, Dublin tag on another point to get back to that five-point lead.

62 mins: Dublin 0-12 Mayo 0-9

Hennelly stands over a free and gives it everything with his effort but it falls short. But Kevin McLoughlin is on hand to finish the piece and strike for the point.

Substitute Jordan Flynn follows it up with another super point. Hawk Eye is called into action and the score is confirmed.

Just three between them! Mayo have not gone away!!

67 mins: Dublin 0-12 Mayo 0-10

Huge drama as Dublin keeper Evan Comerford holds onto the ball too long out the field and a free is awarded. The free is then brought forward and O’Donoghue swings it over.

We didn’t see this rally coming and there’s still three minutes of normal time to go.

69 mins: Dublin 0-12 Mayo 0-11

ONE POINT BETWEEN THEM!!

What an effort from Conroy from way out the field from a difficult angle. Unbelievable stuff from Mayo.

70 mins: Dublin 0-13 Mayo 0-11

Rock scores a really important free for Dublin to keep their noses in front. There’s seven minutes of added time to go though. There could be turns and twists to come.

74 mins: Dublin 0-13 Mayo 0-12

Huge turnover for Mayo on James McCarthy which results in a free for Horan’s side. Davey Byrne gets a yellow although there’s calls that it should be black for a cynical foul.

O’Donoghue converts the free and we’re back to a one-point game.

76 mins: Dublin 0-13 Mayo 0-13

LEVEL GAME!

Super pressure applied by Mayo in the Dublin goalmouth to force Byrne to put the ball out and concede a ’45.

Hennelly comes up to take it and misses, but he was allowed to kick it again as there was interference with the kick while it was being taken.

He smoothly sweeps the ball over from the second attempt.

Full-Time: Dublin 0-13 Mayo 0-13 (Extra-Time to be played)

We’re almost ready for extra-time in Croker. Can your nerves take any more of this?

Throw-In, Extra-Time: Dublin 0-13 Mayo 0-13

1 min: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-13

Seán Bugler gets Dublin up and running with a quick point from the throw-in. There’s 10 minutes in each of extra-time to go.

2 mins: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-14

What a point from Tommy Conroy! He did it in normal time and he’s done it again in extra-time, breaking through two Dublin tackles before unleasing a monstrous shot to send the ball high over the bar.

We’re back to level-pegging again.

4 mins: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-14

Black Card! Colm Basquel sent to the line for a body check challenge.

5 mins: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-15

MAYO LEAD!

Conroy, who has been superb in this game, barrells through and drills the ball over from in front of the posts.

Mayo have found a new gear.

7 mins: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-17

Darren Coen extends Mayo’s lead to two before O’Donoghue adds another to put them three ahead of the All-Ireland champions.

Magnificent stuff from a team who looked dead and buried at half-time of normal time.

9 mins: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-17

Diarmuid O’Connor gets a yellow card for a big hit out near the sideline as Paddy Small narrowly misses a shot at the posts.

Half-Time, Extra-Time: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-17

Kilkenny sends the ball in high from a sideline. His kick is met with a Dublin fist but it bounces out over the endline.

Mayo still have the three-point advantage at the break.

10 mins: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-17

WIDE!

Ryan O’Donoghue throws his boot at the ball along the ground but his shot goes skyward. That could well have been the decisive score.

13 mins: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-17

Yellow card for Paddy Small for a very high challenge.

15 mins: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-17

James Carr goes off after that challenge from Small.

Meanwhile, Cormac Costello is back in and replaces Small.

18 mins: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-17

Dublin try to engineer a goal-chance but Lee Keegan comes out with the play and the ball ends out over the endline for a kickout. 

19 mins: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-17

Yellow card for Davey Byrne for a challenge on Ryan O’Donoghue. He had a yellow in the first but it doesn’t count in extra-time.

20 mins: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-17

Dublin still can’t break their way through to get the goal. And it looks like Aidan O’Shea is coming back on.

There minutes added time to go.

21 mins: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-17

Costello has a goal-bound shot blocked out for a ’45. This could be their last chance

22 mins: Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-17

And it’s a free out! Mayo can breathe another sigh of relief.

James McCarthy is also dismissed with a black card.

Full-Time! Dublin 0-14 Mayo 0-17

Well By God!!

Can you believe that? Dublin, the record six-in-a-row All-Ireland champions, have been dumped out of the championship and it’s Mayo who will go through to the All-Ireland final.

It was a heroic performance from the Connacht champions who looked to be all but beaten in the first half. It had all the hallmarks of another Mayo defeat to Dublin in a high stakes game.

But credit to James Horan and his charges for finding the will to come back and get the better of this Dublin outfit.

Padraig O’Hora with an emotional interview as he collects the man of the match award

Well that’s all from us folks. We hoped you enjoyed the coverage and that you’ll be back again soon. Bye for now!

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