Warning signs as champions regain intensity

After losing to Cork in their final game of the Allianz League, Pat Gilroy had plenty of food for thought.

The biggest issue for the Dublin boss was intensity, or more specifically a lack of it, which left his team operating far from the heights which he set in the 2011 All-Ireland winning campaign.

Yesterday Dublin looked to have learned some valuable lessons from their league campaign and produced a clinical, ruthless performance that sets the bar as the standout display of the championship so far.