O’Rourke: Dubs miles ahead of the rest

Pat Gilroy yesterday found himself praising another of his forwards for the second week running after Diarmuid Connolly blitzed Armagh for 3-3 in an emphatic Dublin win at Croke Park.

Following Eoghan O’Gara’s 1-5 display against Laois in which Connolly notched 0-5, the St Vincent’s man’s clinical finishing was integral to dispatching the admittedly meek challenge presented by Paddy O’Rourke’s men in front of the 24,886 crowd.

Including the aborted game against Mayo where he was unmarkable in those 35 minutes, Connolly has been scintillating in his last three games.