Time is now for Dublin’s Easter rising

THIS, we are told is good for the GAA. The goose that lays the golden egg versus the All-Ireland and League champions.

Yet for all the romance of having Dublin in a league decider for the first time since 1999, it will only be good for the game if the match itself lives up to the billing and, more pertinently, if Dublin win.

While the merits of winning a league title are self-evident for both sides, there is a sense that the need is greater in Dublin.