Three things we learned from Cork's 10th Ladies Football title

Ladies football is in a very healthy place

So much for the argument that Cork’s dominance is hurting the game. Yesterday’s crowd of 31,083, an increase of over 3,000 on the 2014 final figure, meant the All-Ireland final was the largest-attended female sports event in Europe in 2015, surpassing the English FA Cup final which drew 30,710.

The game was notable for its intensity, with the likes of Sinéad Goldrick, Vera Foley and Rena Buckley displaying remarkable levels of fitness in foraging between the respective 45-metre lines. Encouraging to see Waterford, a dominant force in the game in the late 1990s and early 2000s, returning to senior ranks.