Bosses tip Kerry to play it again Sam

JACK O'CONNOR joked that the other three managers who attended yesterday's Bank of Ireland football championship launch in Dublin had ganged up on him by each nominating Kerry to retain the Sam Maguire Cup - but he wasn't complaining.

It was all good-natured fun, except for the serious business of O'Connor, Joe Kernan, Paul Caffrey and John Maughan assessing their team's chances for the assembled media.

The four were asked to nominate the likely All-Ireland champions outside of their team's prospects. Armagh have impressed with the quality of their forward play in the concluding stages of the League and are arguably the most highly-rated side after the All-Ireland champions.