Way cleared for semi-finals

Lucan Sarsfields, Cuala, Crumlin and Kilmacud Crokes all advanced to the last four of the Dublin SHC over the weekend.

At O’Toole Park on Saturday, Kevin O’Reilly’s accuracy from play and placed balls proved crucial in Lucan’s impressive 1-16 to 1-7 win over O’Toole’s — the corner-forward landed 1-8 in an excellent individual display.

Trailing 0-8 to 0-4 at the interval, O’Toole’s rallied briefly through a Peadar Carton goal midway through the second-half but O’Reilly’s clinically dispatched penalty after a foul on Chris Crummy effectively settled the contest in the 51st minute.