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Kings of their respective codes, Kerry and Kilkenny are the dominant forces of the GAA

KEITH BARR refers to it as the granny bet: Kilkenny for the hurling, Kerry for the football and you couldn’t go far wrong.

It has been a particularly sound investment since 2000. Only three times — 2001, 2005 and 2010 — have neither of them won an All Ireland. Only once — 2001 — was there a year that neither of them made the final. Should Kerry win on Sunday, it will be the fifth Kilkenny-Kerry double since the turn of the millennium.