‘Now’ not soon enough for Tribe

When you say it’s gonna happen “now”

Galway have enjoyed a certain amount of success at U21 level in recent times, but the failure to find a way of hot-housing latent talent for the benefit of the senior team has been a major cause of vexation for their supporters.

Since Galway last won an All-Ireland, Tyrone have won three titles and remained competitive on the back of two U21 crowns from over a decade ago, Cork have drawn on their formidable U21 teams of 2007 and 2009 to achieve senior success and, they tell us, Dublin are now on the cusp of becoming a dominant force mainly because of the smooth transition of players from the U21 teams that have won two All-Irelands in three years.