Dubs show leadership and poise but weren’t born with it

Last Sunday’s All-Ireland final was the epitome of edge-of-the-seat viewing. The fact that the build-up was more subdued than normal is likely to have contributed to the surprise element of such heightened tension on the day.

Dublin did well to curb the Drive for Five furore that started on the final whistle of their 2018 triumph against Tyrone, and Kerry’s Peter Keane was the perfect front man for the Kingdom’s run-of-the-mill nonplussed narrative.