Tomás Quinn on the moment Jim Gavin had to decide: stick or twist

Any long-term solution to level the playing field needs to be a lot more thought out than just splitting Dublin into multiple teams, writes Tomás Quinn.

Six days on and the dust is just beginning to settle on another epic All-Ireland final between Mayo and Dublin.

There have been talking points aplenty, controversy and conspiracy — everything we have come to expect when these giants collide. From a Dublin perspective, the dream start of Con O’Callaghan’s sensational goal — the ability to drop from his left hand and finish with a toe poke on his right foot past David Clarke was a thing of beauty — was quickly followed with what felt like a balloon burst when Jack McCaffrey sustained a match-ending knee injury.