Rebels leave Dubs reeling

IT was dramatic but hardly surprising.

Knowing both these sides like we do, one of them was always going to tumble out of the championship courtesy of the sort of wound that spreads and festers over the long, dark winter months.

Dublin will be licking their wounds long after the evenings begin to lengthen once again. In fact, if yesterday’s defeat was reminiscent of any other in recent times, it was their Devon Loch loss to Mayo at the same stage in 2006.