All-Ireland Senior Club Football semi-final: Dingle (Kerry) 1-26 Ballyboden St Enda’s (Dublin) 1-24 AET
Paul Geaney says he’ll be ready to play a full part in Sunday week’s All-Ireland Senior Club Football final after surviving 50 minutes on an injured calf in Dingle’s barnstorming extra-time victory over Ballyboden St Enda’s.
The Dingle captain has been hampered throughout the club campaign and wasn’t deemed fit enough to start at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday. But from his half-time induction, Geaney was the focal point as the Kerrymen flipped a 10-point deficit.
The 35-year-old’s 0-8 haul included the left-footed two-pointer to force extra-time and the right-footed two-point free to give Dingle their first lead in the 77th minute.
Manager Pádraig Corcoran said they were given “no choice” but to leave Geaney on the bench, while the man himself wasn’t sure how long he would last.
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