Dublin SFC Semi-final/ St Brigid's 1-11 St Jude's 0-7: Once St Brigid's more illustrious names upped the tempo, and fouls within Joey Donnelly's range were curtailed, the 2003 champions ensured safe passage back to the Dublin football final.
When their spine of Dublin players - Declan Lally, Barry Cahill and Kevin Bonner aided by famous county hopper Rory Gallagher - began to exert a clear physical superiority, the inexperienced opposition wilted.
Gallagher finished with 0-6 but it was an excellently constructed 54th-minute goal, taken by Bonner, that provided the killer blow in this contest. Gallagher is back in the city after a stint as a Cavan man, his native county being Fermanagh.
Up to last night St Jude's had been the story of the Dublin championship. They removed many people's dark horses Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh in the last eight and brought the confidence gained from that victory into the opening stages here.
The free-taking of Donnelly has been their most reliable asset. By the interval he had three points on the board which, complemented by a neat strike from John Reilly and two from Kevin McMenamin, put them 0-6 to 0-5 in front.
St Brigid's always looked capable of overpowering them though with Cahill prominent through the middle and Gallagher proficient from dead-ball situations.
Bonner also weighed in with a score but it was Paddy Andrews's second point that levelled matters early in the second half. Cahill sauntered forward next to give them the lead for the first time and when Gallagher added another they looked comfortable.
The Jude's reaction was brave as they replaced their midfield and full forward but it was all over before the substitutes could work up a sweat. Andrews picked out a run by Declan Lally who in turn fed Bonner. The full forward finished low to the net.
The score was 1-8 to 0-6 with 47 minutes gone. Done and dusted.
Bonner, largely anonymous in the initial stages, was now showing for ball and landed another point befitting his reputation. Gallagher added two more down the straight to leave nobody in any doubt of St Brigid's dominance.
ST BRIGID'S: P Keane; M Cahill, D Cahill, A Daly; G Norton, D Lally, Peadar Andrews; K Darcy, B Cahill (0-1); M Cahill, D Dineen, R Gallagher (0-6, four frees); Paddy Andrews (0-2), K Bonner (1-2), M Galvin. Subs: L McCarthy for M Cahill (38 mins), L McCarthy for A Daly (39 mins), J Noonan for K Bonner (58 mins), F Condron for Peadar Andrews (59 mins).
ST JUDE'S:P Copeland; N O'Shea, C McBride, A Glover; J Reilly (0-1), C Doyle, C Guckian; S Early, B Lehane; E Crennan, B McMenamin, P Harlow; J Donnelly (0-3, three frees), S Cunningham, K McMenamin (0-2, one free). Subs: R McDermott (0-1)for S Cunningham, T McKeon for S Early, C Murphy for B Lehane (all 43 mins), P Cunningham for E Crennan (46 mins), B Monaghan for P Harlow (52 mins).
Referee: T Quigley(Kilmacud Crokes).
