WINNING silverware is rarely straightforward and Dublin can certainly attest to that after dragging themselves over the winning line to claim a 13th Leinster MHC title at Croke Park yesterday.

CHAMPIONS St Colman’s will be at full strength for tomorrow’s Irish Examiner Dr Harty Cup quarter-final clash with St Josephs (Borrisoleigh) at Clonmel (2pm).

St Joseph’s, Borrisoleigh 1-8 Thurles CBS 1-6