Back to square one for league finale

As it began, so shall it finish.

It was Kerry who provided the opposition for Dublin back at the tail end of January when the league kicked off, and the counties will wrap their spring campaigns up in a nice, tidy bow in a fortnight when they meet in the competition decider for the first time in 29 years.

Dublin were two goals the better side the last time they met in Croke Park, but Jim Gavin pointed out that his side were two weeks further into their season’s preparations that day, given the Kingdom’s recent return from a team holiday.