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10th February 2018
08:43pm GMT

Declan Bonner's side had shown nothing of note to raise the spirits of their travelling crowd.
After the break, it was a different story.
Maybe it was Dublin complacency, maybe Donegal got a rollicking at half time, probably - it was a mix of both, but it was a different game.
Kilcar sharpshooter Paddy McBrearty came into his own, kicking a few truly incredible scores to drag his men back into the game. This, from the acutest of angles, was the pick of them.
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Alongside him, the rampaging Ryan McHugh was only getting going while Niall O'Donnell made a positive impact on the game.
Michael Murphy came off the bench, and suddenly it looked, and sounded like Donegal were back into this one. But crucially, he missed a free, just after his introduction - and the logic of entrusting him with the kicking duties, considering he was just off the bench have to be questioned.
But, then, with the composure and cool heads of champions. Dublin just stuck to that process. Nothing changed, and they picked off a few scores and put themselves two points ahead just like that.
Points from Paul Mannion and subs Eoghan O'Gara, Ciaran Reddin and Paddy Small sealed the deal.
They went onto win by five. 0-20 0-15 being the final score.Explore more on these topics: