Five-star Dublin thump Cavan to set up group decider against old rivals Mayo

That was the story of this match as Cavan lived with the All-Ireland champions for 20 minutes or thereabouts before eventually succumbing. The hosts, understrength, just couldn’t deal with Dublin’s pace and athleticism and the away side’s cutting edge up front was just so much sharper, despite some decent performances from James Smith and Oisin Brady for Cavan.

That point was the moment the dam burst, really; from the kick-out, Dublin strung together a lovely hand-passing move through the heart of the Breffni defence, culminating in Cormac Costello rolling home to the bottom right corner. In fact, apart from one spell in the second half when they strung together three points in a row, it was plain sailing for the Dubs.

Advertisement Cavan enjoyed some success through finding target man James Smith early while Oisin Brady also impressed but it wasn’t nearly enough to trouble a Dublin side for whom Fenton lorded the exchanges in the middle third and the forwards — bar Con O’Callaghan, who was well contained before making way — all looked to have the beating of their markers.

Dessie Farrell’s charges kept the scoreboard ticking, sub Colm Basquel registering three times, and they crowned the performance when Costello tucked away an injury-time penalty.

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