The size of the dog and the fight

From a county that bred mythical footballing giants, Kerry’s 2014 crop of defenders are more tight and tidy than terrifying.

But they all punch above their weight — like Rathmore’s Paul Murphy.

There was an interesting off-camera moment as Eamonn Fitzmaurice dissected the Kerry footballers’ quarter-final win over Galway in the press room under the Cusack Stand in Croke Park earlier this month.