Ger Cunningham: We’re trying to build a fortress here

Ger Cunningham must have wondered how his first competitive game in charge of Dublin would go when he went to bed on Saturday night, but he probably didn’t dare to believe it would turn out as satisfying as this.

That said, he did a good job of keeping a lid on this superb performance afterwards with words that expressed contentment with the day’s work, but in such a way as to make it clear it was merely one step on a long road.

“Great start,” said the Cork man. “You don’t want to lose the first match so it gives us a base to build on. We have another challenge next week in going down to Nowlan Park and we saw what Kilkenny did. We’re trying to build a fortress here. We have three games in Dublin so it’s important for our league prospects to win our home games.”