Jim Gavin says Dublin don’t have mental edge over Kerry

As a man with little interest in previous results under his reign, the merest suggestion that Dublin hold a psychological edge over Kerry doesn’t wash with Jim Gavin.

The first of Dublin’s consecutive three championship triumphs over the Kingdom may have been administered by Pat Gilroy but not only has Gavin overseen the other two but ensured Éamonn Fitzmaurice as manager has yet to engineer a win over Dublin in Croke Park.

In the build-up to their latest meeting back in January, Kerry players were asked if Dublin had become their bogey team.