ST BRIGID’S manager Mark Byrne conceded he thought his team were dead and buried at half-time of this Dublin SFC semi-final on Saturday.

A STORMING second-half, powered by the magnificence of Mark Vaughan and Brian Kavanagh, sealed Kilmacud Crokes’ seventh Dublin SFC title at Parnell Park yesterday.

The Sligo team chosen for Sunday's Connacht SFC opener against London (Ruislip, throw-in 2.30pm) shows only two changes to the side that started last summer's historic Connacht final win.

A raft of injuries have not helped London's preparations for their Connacht SFC preliminary round clash with Leitrim on Sunday (Ruislip, throw-in 3pm).

MONAGHAN may have struggled at times during this low-key National Football League Division 2A game in Clones yesterday, but they always had enough in reserve to contain the threat of London and ran out deserving winners.