Hungry Rebels can take final step

HAD things been so slightly different last month we could well be looking forward to an historic all-Leinster All-Ireland final between Dublin and Kildare this weekend.

The impression is that Cork are arriving in Croke Park tomorrow devoid of form while Down have played all the football but the reality is that both teams were fortunate to come through their respective semis.

Cork’s travails against Dublin have received the greater attention but Down are where they are this weekend thanks in no small part to an illegal Benny Coulter goal and Kalum King’s fingertips.