Dubs remain defining model

Dublin manager Jim Gavin will have all bases covered ahead of tomorrow’s Leinster semi-final

After the casual dismantling of Laois three weeks ago, it was without any hint of irony that Jim Gavin informed the nation in his post match TV interview that he knew little or nothing about the next team up to the chopping board, Wexford.

Based on his pre-match interview for tomorrow’s Leinster semi-final, the analysis carried out since has been focused and forensic. Gavin might have been totally honest in his claim in relation to Wexford, but one only has to reference Eamon Fitzmaurice’s end-of-year interview on these pages last January to know that by Sunday evening of June 8 a dossier was put in front of him containing all he needed to know about Wexford.