Dennehy’s late heroics grabs point for Rovers

“THAT’S why we’re champions,” sang the Shamrock Rovers crowd as they watched their side snatch an unlikely point with an equaliser two minutes into stoppage time.

Trailing to a brace of well-taken goals from Marc Griffin, substitute Chris Turner began Rovers’ revival on 79 minutes when rifling home from outside the box after Dundalk goalkeeper Peter Cherrie punched a cross.

The stadium then erupted into relief on 92 minutes when winger Billy Dennehy got his head to a Pat Sullivan cross to loop the ball over Cherrie and into the net to rapturous celebrations.