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25th September 2017
12:39pm BST

Hyland and his men were nip and tuck with opponents Camross throughout, and with just three minutes to play there was nothing separating the two sides.
Camross looked the better, more balanced team, but they were up against an inspired Hyland who wasn't taking no for an answer. On the biggest stage of all he notched 0-15, which came from sidelines, from frees and from play.
That's some going on any day, and would be enough to win many a game on its own, and when it was all said and done, you'd have to feel for Hyland who must have been left wondering how he was in the losing dressing room after that.
That's a point every four minutes from the full forward, who was unflappable from frees - nothcing nine, deadly from open play - raising five white flags, and throwing a sideline into the mix for good measure, too.
The former Laois senior star is an extremely powerful, versatile performer and represented his county with distinction during his 8-year career with them.
The big man for the big occasion, but in the end, they went down. Mark Dowling rifled a bullet stroke to the net in added time to put four points between the sides in added time, and with that the dream looked over.
Stephen Bergin responded with a bullet goal to put just one between the sides, but in the end Camross held out for victory, and fair play to them because they deserved it.
Sport is cruel, sport is tough and Hyland knows all about that today.Explore more on these topics: