Mike Quirke on the key to Dublin's success: Stephen Cluxton

I arrived home from a bitterly cold and blustery Croke Park on Sunday night in time to watch Jordan Spieth heartbreaking collapse in Augusta.
Mike Quirke on the key to Dublin's success: Stephen Cluxton

There were no such shocks at GAA headquarters earlier in the day. Kerry and Dublin took the lead and never looked back. It was plain sailing for the two best teams in the country in the last we will see of league semi-finals.

Dublin’s clash with Donegal at least had a bit more zip and tackling intensity about it, while Kerry v Roscommon was as bland as eating ice. Neither team seemed overly interested in the physical side of the game, and Kerry were happy to put on an exhibition of foot passing and forward movement while their opponents seemed surprisingly content to allow them that freedom of expression.

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