Brian Howard

Results are being released some three weeks later than usual

Dublin were dying for the line to come and save them as Mayo hounded them down

Score to draw game at full-time as good as a winner, in truth a stake through the heart

The reigning champions name an unchanged team from Leinster Final win

Mayo are simply flat-out, unproven, but the champions are still the safer bet

Mayo cannot afford a repeat of the dismal second quarter against Galway

Move them into a different room in their minds, then beat them at football

It’s impossible to see them losing to Kildare and then they just have two more games

The champions blow 11-point lead in a listless and at times directionless second half

As things stand, the Dubs seem to still have more filling in to do than in other years

Kerry’s landslide win over Tyrone earlier in the day meant there would be no league final

Seán Moran looks ahead to a busy first weekend as football action returns

Circumstances of alleged gathering at north Dublin club now being reviewed by gardai

James Horan’s side undone by goals, as Dublin make the closing phases count

O’Callaghan’s goal a standout move that defines the contribution of both him and Scully

In four of their last six All-Ireland finals the opposition’s first score has been a goal