The ref added two minutes and blew up after one minute added. Crossmolina Deel Rovers the better team but only three points ahead.

Kildare’s Caragh last point brought back bad memories of the 1996 Al Ireland with a long delivery bouncing off the surface and over the bar.

Cross definitely the better side in 1st half but it’s not reflected on scoreboard. Lots of possession but end product not brilliant. Lots of hard work and endeavour but they’ll certainly be disappointed with the last two points conceded just before HT. Conor Loftus going fairly well, as he ought to be at intermediate level. Jordan Flynn has had moments, like a couple of turn overs and a very good score but you'd really like to see him being more dominant. All to play for second half in an average enough match standard-wise, so far.

Claragh only out of junior a couple years, Crossmolina strong favourites with bookies and rightly so by looks it so far.

This should be a routine win for Crossmolina from here…

The kildare lads are very poor hard to believe they have got this far. The advantage of having flynn and Loftus at intermediate level while they both are playing brilliantly is a great lift.

Mayomagic, I thought the exact same re '96. Will it ever leave us?!

Crossmolina dominant in the third quarter. Caragh aren't giving up but can't make it count. Cross are surely home and hosed now. Fair play to them - it'd be brilliant to see an All-Ireland title coming west early in the year.

@mayomagic
The ref added 1 minute,the graphic for 2 mins was a mistake.

Well done to cross!! All Ireland final no reason they can't go all the way now..

Such a boost as others said to see Jordan Flynn &, Conor loftus playing so well! Great achievement : )

Much easier win for Crossmolina than the county and Connacht final. 8-2 in scoring 2nd half and could have been more including the goal chance coming off the post. Will take a good team to beat them in the final.

Well done Crossmolina. Great win.
Very controlled 2nd half especially.
An Al in January would be a grand start to '25.

Conor Loftus or Jordan Flynn for motm in my opinion. Cross win by 9 but in truth they left an absolute bucketful of scores behind. Going forward the Deel Rovers were very smooth and assured but sometimes overplayed in last phases when scores were available. A good side and won't be out of place in senior.

Well done to Crossmolina. Hope they go on now and really go to win that final. Don’t be content with just getting to Croke Pk.

Cross were far superior to Carragh. Cross had to do what they needed but Carragh were very very average.

Flynn really stepped it up 2nd half and showed the dominance you’d want to see. He was motm…some great fetches but what on earth was he thinking trying to fist the ball into the net with one hand!?

Best of luck to them all next week. Rip into whoever they get and go bloody win it. We’ll all be behind them.

Well done Cross. Commanding performance. The last point by Conor Loftus was phenomenal. Length of the field and then bang. Reminded me of another Cross guy, blonde hair, pony tail, just can’t put a name on him.

Great to see Cross getting through like that. Nasty conditions, none of the forwards really hit fire, against a well drilled defensive system, missed maybe 4 decent goal chances... and still came through comfortably enough. Nice to win without the heart tremors and still have another gear or two to work towards.

Diarmuid & Aaron Coggins fantastic (again) today. Great to see so many of their young lads throughout the lines stepping up as key figures in the side all this year. Loftus great & Flynn absolutely outstanding with his fielding, though hard teamwork from corner to corner that did the heavy lifting.

Really tough final coming up whichever side gets through (hard to see past Stacks, that Kerry system is so far out of whack with the rest of the country, but far from a shock if Ballinderry or Cross do pip them), but you wouldn't write them off against anyone. Fingers and toes crossed already.

Standard of club football is dire in a lot of Leinster counties.

Pitch in Pearse Park mostly frozen so didn't add to standard of football.
Thought Jordan and Loftus were excellent but overall a good team performance.
Plenty to improve on but a comfortable win .
Met lots of Non Crossmolina Mayo people at the match which was good to see .
Will be complete underdogs for the final .
Well done Crossmolina and best of luck in the final

Well done Cross. I will never forget Ciaran McDonalds brilliant man of the match performance in 2001 and the great win for Cross. It's still one of my highlights watching Mayo teams.
Well done to Conor and Jordan who both did well today. It should always be the way for County players but unfortunately I know of too many on the Mayo team who didn't perform in the club scene but yet will be on the Mayo team this year. We never learn.
Anyway best of luck to Cross in the final.

Looks like Ballinderry be their opponents next week.

Should be a good game, both teams in final should realistically be senior before now as opposed to intermediate. Poor Caragh today were coming the other direction not long up from junior. While Cross., stacks and Ballinderry more senior experience.

Great support play, rarely was a Cross player left isolated. Claragh very weak opposition.
A few goal chances left behind and all players need to step up to the plate in terms of taking scoring chances. Flynn really stepping into a leadership role and that needs to be encouraged at county level. Loftus stood out for his compact passing and decision making, throw in a few great scores....

Ballinderry impressive 2nd half to beat hot favourites Austin Stacks by four points. Two very strong teams defensively in the final

Austin Stacks were absolutely brutal.. no other word for it.

Completely toothless up front.

Ballinderry fully deserved it but they are very beatable.