‘Man of the Match’ Conor Burke spoke of his delight after Dublin’s remarkable All-Ireland SHC quarter-final win over Limerick at Croke Park today.

John Hetherton and Cian O’Sullivan struck the goals as the capital men defied 12/1 odds with a 2-24 to 0-28 win over the Shannonsiders to march on to a semi-final date with Cork in two weeks' time.

The result marks one of the biggest upsets in the Liam MacCarthy Cup race this century and, speaking to RTE Sport afterwards, Burke said there was no shortage of motivation for Niall Ó Ceallacháin’s group going into the game this afternoon.

“Everyone always writes us off every single year, we thrive on that,” said the midfielder who contributed 0-5 in the famous win.

“We wanted to come in and have a shock here, and thankfully we did. We’re all passionate hurling people here, we wouldn’t be going to training three, four times a week if we didn’t think we could go somewhere.

“We’re delighted to be progressing.”

A beaming Conor Burke scoops the man of the match award in 14-man Dublin's scarcely believable win over Limerick.

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