Armagh at the gates of the Kingdom

Armagh 1-14 Dublin 1-13

Oisín McConville's calmly taken fisted point in the 66th point proved decisive in a packed Croke Park yesterday when Dublin's leading scorer Ray Cosgrove missed the chance of an equaliser after his injury-time free came back off the upright.

It climaxed an exciting second half which produced two goals in the space of a minute and which promised to go Dublin's way until John McEntee tied scores for the eighth time, two minutes before McConville got his winner.