Ciaran Kilkenny: Nothing beats this, nothing

As always after an All-Ireland final, the stories come out bit by bit. The personal challenges. The obstacles that have been overcome.

Ciaran Kilkenny took a minute by the Dublin team bus to put his Celtic cross in the context of overcoming a cruciate injury, for instance.

“It’s a surreal feeling, it’s unreal. It was a dog eat dog battle at the end of the day, wet, slippy conditions, but lads just emptied it out on the field. It’s a surreal feeling. After doing a cruciate, personally to come back and win an All-Ireland is just an unbelievable experience. Hopefully we can push on now and keep the train going.