Rock: Donegal defeat a blessing in disguise

Barney Rock considers the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Donegal as one of the toughest lessons this current Dublin side has learned, but suggests last year’s Division 1 final loss to Kerry was just as informative to Jim Gavin.

The Dublin legend and father of Dean acknowledges the defeat to Donegal four years ago as the one that transformed the All-Ireland champions:

“Up to even last year, teams were setting up against them, they (Dublin) had the plan for defending, how do you get in and around them.