Kerrigan: Our hunger told

IF Paul Kerrigan was miffed by the amount of questions coming his way regarding Dublin’s collapse he did a fine job of pretending he wasn’t.

But the concession of their second-half eight-point lead — not the splendour of Cork’s fightback — was the topic du jour as he took questions on a second successive Allianz FL Division 1 title for his team.

Then again, he admitted Cork savoured the manner in which Dublin had been hyped up before the game. Admittedly, it was with reason. They were unbeaten for seven games but in hindsight, it was startling how the All-Ireland champions were handed the underdogs tag so readily.