Cuala (Dublin) 1-17 Liam Mellows (Galway) 0-11David Treacy fired seven points as All-Ireland champions Cuala reached the St Patrick’s Day decider with a convincing victory over Liam Mellows at Semple Stadium. Another Morrissey free kept Mellows in touch, although Sean Treacy’s point from play at the other end chalked out that effort after 43 minutes. Cuala: S Brennan; O Gough, Cian O’Callaghan, S Timlin; J Sheanon, S Moran, M Schutte (0-1); J Malone, D O’Connell (0-1); S Treacy (0-1), C Cronin, D Treacy (0-7, 0-4 frees, 0-1 65); C Sheanon (0-1), Con O’Callaghan (0-4), N Kenny (0-1). Liam Mellows: K Walsh; C Reilly, M Conneely, S Morrissey; M Hughes, D Collins (jc), S Barrett; J Hastings, K Lee; C Hynes, T Haran (0-1, 0-1 free), R Elwood; A Morrissey (0-7, 0-7 frees), A Callanan (jc) (0-2), C Kavanagh (0-1). Subs: J Forde for Hynes (41 mins), D Fahy for R Elwood (44 mins), S Killeen for Kavanagh (58 mins), B Leen for Conneely (61 mins), C Elwood for Haran (63 mins).

Source: The Irish Times February 10, 2018 18:00 UTC