Costello ensures Dublin get over finish line

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.

A wides tally of 15 to 10 in the first half alone threatened to undermine all of the young Dubs’ good work at GAA headquarters.

But the power of the collective ultimately earned them a first victory at this level since 2007, even if it wasn’t as convincing as Blues fans trickling in for the senior game would have wished.