Jim Gavin unfazed by Darragh Ó Sé remarks

Jim Gavin has played down Darragh Ó Sé’s remarks about Diarmuid Connolly after his forward turned in a man-of-the-match winning performance yesterday.

Ó Sé questioned the length of Connolly’s fuse in his Irish Times column last week. He wrote: “So how do you get at Connolly? To me, there’s still a bit of a scamp in him. His temperament has got better over the years but I still think there’s something to be said for pulling his tail and seeing if he’ll hiss back at you.”

Connolly was booked along with Kildare’s Pádraig O’Neill in the 45th minute but was hardly indisciplined.