John Fogarty: Five reasons why Kerry can edge the hunger game

Recency bias and the hurt of last year’s semi-final defeat points to Dublin having the edge in the motivation stakes ahead of this final, but that wouldn’t be wholly accurate

MAGIC MOMENT: Seán O'Shea of Kerry kicks his side's winning point, from a free, during last year's All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Dublin at Croke Park. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Speaking the morning after their 2013 All-Ireland final win over Mayo, Dublin great David Hickey, the team’s medic at the time, declared the team would dominate for the next 10 years.

Winning as they did six of the next seven All-Irelands, he was proven right. Suggesting they would be mentioned in the same breath as the great Kilkenny teams at the time, he said: “The Kilkenny guys keep coming back every year because they obviously have a huge level of skill and expertise but competitive Gaelic football, the skill level is pretty standard. It’s the drive. No one has won back-to-back All-Irelands because of that.”