Cats claw out victory in 11-goal spectacular

The last time a competition ended like this, it must have been the OK Corral in 1881.

After the gunsmoke cleared in Nowlan Park yesterday, Kilkenny’s late goal from Matthew Ruth had won this superb Division 1A game with Dublin, which served up more talking points than a Twitterfest on the Frontline.

Dublin helped themselves to six goals against Kilkenny but were eventually undone by Ryan O’Dwyer’s second-half dismissal, which left them under huge pressure as the game ended. They shipped four goals in that last quarter, with Ruth’s match-winner arriving with the inevitability of a classical tragedy’s conclusion.