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27th September 2019
07:52am BST

Video by Jerome Quinn Media.Into extra-time they went and the legs were getting weary but the tension and the heart-in-mouth excitement were only getting bigger. The stand was like Aintree on Grand National day. Lámh Dhearg they take over in the first period. Two points up. Two points is a big lead when there's this much done. Portglenone are pure steel though. The Casements level it up and even take the lead in the next series. By now, these heavyweights have been flailing punches for the guts of three hours. This is a replay, remember? That man Paddy Cunningham has nerves of steel. Free bloody kicks. GO LIVE. Antrim GAA's Twitter does not disappoint. Yes, this would be a cruel way to finish it but sport is cruel by its very nature. We love when the stakes are so high that one mistake is going to break hearts and make a parish. This is what it's all about. This was much bigger than Antrim now. From clubs and counties that have no reason to care they watched on enchanted. They felt as if they had a stake in it. No-one looked like slipping. Two rounds of free-kicks and it was 10.30 in Belfast, but there was still no winner. It would have been a good time to rob a house in Belfast. https://twitter.com/AontroimGAA/status/1177331347003772928 And that's when Chairman Ciaran McAvana stepped in. As round three was about to go off, he called Paddy Cunningham back. https://twitter.com/AontroimGAA/status/1177343625447059456 He broke the rules - this was supposed to finish on the night - "to look after the players." "Whoever wins this epic battle in the third game, maith sibh." https://twitter.com/AontroimGAA/status/1177350805759909889 Maith sibh is right. Up next round 4. Croke Park is hardly free?
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