Dublin victory a boost for flagging fortunes of seniors

Dublin 0-12 Tyrone 0-7

The sentiment was conveyed in the words of manager Tommy Lyons afterwards when he talked about going forward and the hope expressed by team captain Alan Brogan that it might be the a stepping stone, "to winning a few All-Irelands".

A chastened Tyrone, foiled in their bid to complete the double last achieved by Cork in 1989, could have had no real complaints. Indeed they could not quite match the hunger of Lyons' team.