Southern Comfort

IT DIDN’T take long to clear the Croke Park dance floor last night.

Two cups thrown in the boot after a pair of decidedly off-Broadway affairs and pointed south towards Cork and Kerry. There can’t be many trophies that are mere reference points to another competition, but last night Jack O’Connor and Conor Counihan kept tripping over Championship thoughts in their League reflections.

Neither looked in need of a heart monitor either.