Finn flurry all for nothing
by dave brennan London 3-14 Armagh 3-15 LONDON were left heartbroken for the second year running after St Gabriel's Martin Finn appeared to have taken the Nicky Rackard Cup final to extra time.
Finn, who has been in superb form for the North Wembley club, struck several points and a late first-half goal to check Armagh in Sunday's final at Croke Park.
That left the teams deadlocked on 2-7 apiece at half-time, but Armagh seized the initiative after the break before the talismanic Finn (pictured) added two more points to level the game again.
But a last-gasp Armagh winner in the third minute of stoppage time blew away London's dreams once again, a year after their agonising defeat by Meath.
London: JJ Burke, C Burke (B Forde 40, P Stephenson 53), M Ryan, E Phelan (N Coady 23), M Fitzsimmons (F Tierney 59), C Forde, K Kennedy, N Forde, J Reddan (K Walsh 63), M Mythen (0-2), R O'Connell (0-3), A Fitzgerald (0-1), D Maher (2-2), M Finn 1-6, 0-4f, 0-1), T Toomey.
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