Dr Crokes captain Daithí Casey: We’ve proven we retain hunger

A record-equalling 12th senior county title was special but Dr Crokes captain Daithí Casey says the players gleaned more satisfaction from defying those who questioned their appetite.

On Sunday, Crokes joined Austin Stacks and Laune Rangers at the top of the Kerry SFC roll of honour but repeating their success of last year gave the group greater pleasure, according to Casey.

“The sweetest thing is we went back-to-back because people questioned whether we would go back-to-back, whether we had the hunger to go back for it again, and that’s the biggest achievement for this group of players — that when the questions were put to us we stepped up to the plate and did it again.”