Not a coin tossed* in anger as Dublin beat Clare to reach All-Ireland quarter final

A coin was flipped and a winner decided but, this time, camogie came out on top.

48 hours ahead of an All-Ireland quarter-final against Wexford, Dublin beat Clare at Semple Stadium. After a week of coin toss controversy, the Camogie Association offered both sides a play-off to reach the last eight. Dublin and Clare had pulled out of the championship in protest of the scatterbrain notion of drawing lots to decide a winner [the two sides had finished level on points and head-to-head scores]. When the alternative was offered, they jumped at it. The last night encounter was keenly contested and close-run throughout. [caption id="attachment_34293" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Dublin's Rachel Noctor and Kate Lynch of Clare with referee Cathal Egan.[/caption] Louise O'Hara scored a goal for The Dubs, early in the first half. It provided her side with some daylight on the scoreboard. Clare fought back, though, and the scores were level [1-5 to 0-8] at the break. Dublin opened up another gap in the second half and saw the game out to win by two points, 1-11 to 0-12. Meanwhile, in the women's football championship, Mayo's Cora Staunton laid waste to Tyrone. https://twitter.com/Herdotie/status/627473593945997313 The match finished up 4-15 to 0-3 and Mayo march on.