Weary Vincent’s dig out victory

ST LOMAN’S 0-9 ST VINCENT’S 0-11

But this latest act of resilience was much more than that after they were forced to play with 14 men for almost 55 minutes, having had Ger Brennan sent off for an off-the-ball incident involving Kelvin Reilly.

Starting without another inter-county player, Diarmuid Connolly, who was also shown a straight red card in Wednesday’s Dublin final replay win over Ballymun Kickhams, their task against St Loman’s was made all the harder by Brennan’s early departure.