Red Hands remain the team to beat

DRIVING back from Croke Park on a Sunday night is often my favourite part of the matchday experience.

The laptops are packed away, the interviews are done, and there’s a chance to talk and gain further perspective on what exactly took place a few hours earlier.

Sunday past was a typical example. I was driving. Brendan Crossan, who was in unfeasibly good humour due to the fact that he put a fiver on Paul Kerrigan at 14/1 to score the first goal, volunteered to sit in the back. Kenny Archer (who backed Colm Cooper to score the first goal for Kerry) was in the passenger seat.