UCD throw Crokes a lifeline

KILMACUD CROKES may yet be given the opportunity to defend their Dublin football title after their semi-final opponents UCD yesterday offered to rearrange the fixture.

Crokes had been sensationally thrown out of the competition after a meeting of the Dublin GAC on Tuesday night but their game with UCD has been fixed provisionally for tomorrow week at Parnell Park.

The county GAC have yet to agree but, with the alternative likely to be a Kilmacud appeal to the Leinster Council and perhaps the DRA, the chances of UCD’s olive branch being accepted seems strong.