Kilmacud Crokes 1-11 Padraig Pearses 0-08
Kilmacud Crokes are into the AIB GAA All-Ireland club football final
A strong finish finally saw them see off Padraig Pearses of Roscommon at Kingspan Breffni Park. When Craig Dias goalled in the eighth minute it looked like Crokes might pull away.
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But Pearses battled strongly, and the game was in the balance until the 50th minute, with the gap down to a single point on four occasions in that second half.
The last 10 minutes were a different story however as Crokes pushed on, led by substitute Cian O'Connor, who kicked two quickfire points.
They'll face Kilcoo, of County Down, in the final after they earlier beat St Finbarr's of Cork.
It took extra time to separate the sides at Portlaoise before Kilcoo put on the afterburners to win by 1-18 to 1-13.
