Late Dublin flurry seals replay

Galway 0-26

Dublin 2-20

After extra time

Thirteen-man Dublin landed a last gasp 65 in extra-time to clinch a relegation play-off replay against Galway in Tullamore on Sunday.

The side will meet again in Portlaosie on Saturday (4pm) for the replay, but Galway will have to wonder how they let a two-point advanatge slip against the numerically disadvantaged Dubs.

Joe Canning had earlier staged an injury-time comeback to force extra-time, but Anthony Cunningham's side improved greatly from theri 25-point defeat to Kilkenny two weeks earlier.

Anthony Daly's side held a 0-9 to 0-7 lead at half-time with Niall Burke slotting the frees, despite the return of Canning to the side after a shoulder injury. But after the Portumna man was moved out to the half-forward line in the second-half he turned on the style.

Conor McCormack bagged a goal for Dublin four minutes into the second-half, but Canning landed htree potns from play to pull Galway back level, but after Ross O'Carroll goaled 13 minutes form time Galway needed the Canning-led revival.

Straight red-cards for Ryan O'Dwyer and Alan McCrabbe — they now miss the replay — a brace from Canning edged Galway ahead in extra-time, only for Danny Sutcliffe and Niall McMorrow to seal the replay with late scores.

Scorers

Galway: J Canning 0-12 (6fs); N Burke 0-5 (4fs); C Donnellan 0-2; D Hayes 0-2; D Burke 0-1, C Cooney 0-1, J Coen 0-1, J Glynn 0-1, J Regan 0-1.

Dublin: P Ryan 0-9 (8fs, 1 65); D Sutcliffe 0-3; N McMorrow 0-3 (1f, 1 65); C McCormack 1-0; R O’Carroll 1-0; J McCaffrey 0-1, A McCrabbe 0-1'65, S Lambert 0-1, D Plunkett 0-1, D Treacy, 0-1.

Dublin: G Maguire; R Trainor, P Kelly, N Corcoran; P Schutte, J Boland, S Durkin; J McCaffrey (c), M Carton; C McCormack, R O’Dwyer, L Rushe; R O’Carroll, D Sutcliffe, P Ryan.

Subs: S Lambert for Trainor, 25; D Treacy for O’Dwyer, 48; A McCrabbe for Carton 56; O Gough for Schutte, 60; N McMorrow for McCormack, 65; R O’Dwyer for McCaffrey, 70; M Quilty for Boland, 70; D Plunkett for P Ryan, 76; E Dillon for Treacy, 84; P Carton for O’Carroll 84.

Galway: F Flannery; K Hynes, D Collins, G O’Halloran; N Donoghue, F Moore, T Og Regan; D Burke, B Daly; C Cooney, N Burke, C Donnellan; D Glennon, J Canning, D Hayes.

Subs: J Coen for Donoghue, 31; I Tannian for Daly, 35; J Regan for Glennon, 56; P Brehony for Cooney, 59; B Burke for N Burke, 68; P Shiel for Hynes, 83; J Glynn for B Burke, 84; N Burke for D Burke 89.

Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)