Cody’s Dublin warning comes to pass

He had been telling us for years that Dublin’s moment was in the offing but Brian Cody, pictured right, had hoped against hope that day wouldn’t come to pass on his watch.

Saturday turned out to be that day. “I’m saying a long time about the quality of Dublin teams. To me, we were playing one of the top teams in the country and it was a ding-dong battle.

“I think Dublin are very good, they have great strength, athleticism and their hurling was top notch again. Their score taking was excellent.