Jim Gavin says there was no panic thanks to Stephen Cluxton’s calming role

Early July and Tom Cribbin is sitting in the Annebrook Hotel in Mullingar wondering aloud about an audacious plan that could go a long way towards the impossible and overcoming the Dubs in the upcoming Leinster final.

Too audacious.

An Aussie friend had visited earlier in the week. A keen AFL fan. Cribbin’s buddy told him about how Australian Rules teams routinely push up on the opposition, to such an extent that they leave forwards unmarked within kicking distance of their own goals.