HANNAH FROM HEAVEN

Tyrrell score drove Dubs' belief

- BY DAIRE WALSH

DUBLIN joint manager Paul Casey said the boost they got when Hannah Tyrrell nailed a last-gasp equaliser to send this TG4 All-Ireland SFC semifinal to extra-time propelled them to victory at Glenisk O'Connor Park in Tullamore on Saturday.

"When you get a score at the end to equalise it and bring it to extra-time, you get a little bit of a boost and you get the energy going into it," said Casey.

"It's fabulous. All-Ireland semifinals are all about winning and they're awful to lose. The girls managed to find that extra gear in extra-time, particularly that first half of extra-time, and then got crucial goals at crucial times. It was fantastic.

"I suppose there is a lot of work we need to do and lots of areas of improvement that we know won't be good enough in two weeks' time. At the moment we'll get back up the road tonight now, recover and we'll dust ourselves down. See how we are in the next couple of days and we've an All-Ireland final to look forward to." said Casey.

They now face Meath in the TG4 All-Ireland final on Sunday week and Casey knows that's another contest set to go down to the wire.