How much further can Dublin's 20-game unbeaten run go?

Twenty games, 18 wins, 2 draws. Thus reads the league and championship record of Jim Gavin’s Dublin since March 7 last year when they drew with Tyrone. How much more is left in this run?

“How long is a piece of string?” smiles Keith Barr, Gavin’s old team-mate. “Why can’t they keep going? The reality is they’re a very good side. It’s not about the last run in the league – if you take the last four seasons under Jim Gavin, Dublin have played 30 to 35 league matches and lost probably four of them. He’s probably lost more O’Byrne Cup matches than National League ones.”

Barr’s not far wrong on either count. Five is the correct number of losses, the last defeat coming against Kerry in February of last year, just one more than the amount of defeats in the pre-season competition.