Dublin look to over come challenge of Donegal
- Jul 19,2013
Minor All Ireland Semi-final 2013:
Dublin minors play Ulster champions Donegal in the All-Ireland semi-final tomorrow in Breffni Park, Cavan. Dublin who are the reigning minor All-Ireland champions are bidding to make their third minor All Ireland final appearance in a row having lost to Cork in 2011 only to bounce back from that heart breaking loss to the Lee Siders to defeat Tyrone in the 2012 decider.
Dublin under the eagle eye of manager Cavan man, Conor Barry has been in tremendous form throughout their Leinster championship campaign. Indeed the Dubs Cubs have been a powerful scoring machine in this year's championship clocking up some impressive tallies. In their five provincial fixtures the Dubs to date have racked up an amazing 21g - 92pts (155) en route to claiming the Leinster provincial crown whilst only conceding 4g-23pts (35).
Donegal too have been in exciting form this season, accounting for Tyrone by 2-13 to 2-06 while defeating Cavan twice first in the round robin stage by 4-11 to 1-11 then again in the Ulster final by 6-06 to 2-08.
Remarkably both Counties are low down on the minor All Ireland roll of honours list, Dublin have just two All-Ireland minor victories having won in 2008 and again in 2012 while Donegal's only minor triumph came in 2009 when they defeated Clare.
Saturday's semi-final will be an interesting encounter as both sides battle to book their place in the 2013 decider the winner will play either Cork or Galway in the final which is pencilled in to be played on Monday August 5th. Croke Park confirmed earlier this week that the minor All Ireland final will not be televised live by TG4 this year.
Throw in time in Breffni Park is 2pm with Yvonne Brady of Cavan the referee in charge of this mouth-watering clash.
Dublin LGFA will have regular updates available on their Twitter feed @dublinladiesg
Dublin's path to the semi-final:
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Competition |
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1st Round Leinster |
Dublin 3-17 |
Kildare 2-06 |
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2nd Round Leinster |
Wicklow 0-01 |
Dublin 4-30 |
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3rd Round Leinster |
Dublin 7-20 |
Wexford 1-05 |
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Leinster Semi-final |
Laois 1-07 |
Dublin 5-11 |
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Leinster Final |
Dublin 2-14 |
Meath 0-04 |
Minor All Ireland Roll of Honour:
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County |
Year |
Year |
Year |
Year |
Year |
Year |
Year |
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Cork |
1985 |
1988 |
2003 |
2004 |
2006 |
2007 |
2011 |
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Monaghan |
1994 |
1998 |
1999 |
2001 |
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Wexford |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
1986 |
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Waterford |
1991 |
1993 |
1996 |
1997 |
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Kerry |
1980 |
1981 |
1995 |
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Galway |
2002 |
2005 |
2010 |
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Dublin |
2008 |
2012 |
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Clare |
1989 |
1990 |
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Donegal |
2009 |
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Tyrone |
2000 |
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Mayo |
1987 |
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Laois |
1992 |
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