HE has been giddy with anticipation all week. Ever since he got the green light from the medical staff in the National Rehabilitation Centre in Dun Laoghaire to go to Croke Park this evening, Dessie Fitzgerald can scarcely think of anything else.

FOR 40 minutes of this excellent final at Buttevant yesterday, a shock result looked on the cards as unfancied Kildorrery led favourites Charleville by a point.