‘We have been playing better than two years ago and even last year’

THE positive approach adopted by the younger members of the Nemo Rangers team was a key factor in their All-Ireland success in Croke Park on Monday, according to former star Denis Allen.

The manager when the Cork club won the last of their AIB All-Ireland titles back in 1994, and a selector with Billy Morgan this time, he said the team hadn't been worried by the fear of failure for the third consecutive year.

"There was definitely a stigma there that Nemo are a great club and were in danger of losing three finals in a row. But, I would say concern was there more so with us, as older fellows, than with the young fellows.