The three (in-a-row) wise men counsel Dublin

This September, Stephen Cluxton will aim to become only the second man in GAA history to lift the Sam Maguire Cup on three consecutive occasions, the first being Wexford football captain Seán O’Kennedy between 1915 and ’17.

Cluxton has lifted the silverware on three occasions already, emulating O’Kennedy and fellow Dubliner John Kennedy (1891, ’92, ’94) in football and Mikey Maher (Tipperary – 1895, ’96, ’98), Dick Walsh (Kilkenny – 1907, ’09, ’13) and Christy Ring (Cork – 1946, ’53, ’54). But no man has ever skippered more than three All-Ireland winning teams.

Three-in-a-rows have been achieved on 18 occasions. In football, Kerry (4), Dublin (3), Galway (1) Wexford (1).