Taking Harte: Tyrone boss questions Dublin hunger

Mickey Harte believes Dublin could be more vulnerable this year than they have been for a long time and he questions whether they will have the hunger to go deep and long into the summer.

Tyrone were hammered by 12 points by the Dubs in last year’s All-Ireland semi-final, as Jim Gavin’s all-conquering champions closed in on a third Sam Maguire in a row, yet Harte has fired the opening salvo of the summer, hinting the longer they go without defeat, the more vulnerable they become.

“I think that is the case,” said the Tyrone boss at last night’s Ulster SFC launch in the O’Neill’s factory in Strabane.