Win or bust for rivals’ family fortunes

On Sunday, they will rut. Aidan and Sean. Sean and Aidan. The two best midfielders in the country as things stand. The stand-out performers across the four All-Ireland quarter-finals.

And yet it’s almost too easy to believe the central battle only concerns them. For alongside each of them will be Aidan’s older brother Seamus and Sean’s younger sibling Colm.

Having two sets of brothers contesting the throw-in at 3.30pm Sunday will make for a unique snap but O’Shea senior and Cavanagh junior come into the game in the sidecars.