Current Meath manager Andy McEntee never made it onto the field of play for the 1988 All-Ireland final replay win over Cork.

Cork manager Kieran Kingston says Sunday’s visit to Kilkenny represents the true gauge of his developing team’s progress.

Lar Corbett accepts the question. He just has an answer you weren’t expecting.

It’s six years and half a world since Trevor Mortimer put a full stop on his inter-county career with Mayo. From there to the Middle East and West Africa, a changed perspective on Islam, life and Mayo’s obsession with an All-Ireland. Having recently returned home, he views his county through the prism of change for the better – ‘Mayo aren’t as nice a team, which is a good thing,’ he says.