Flanagan worried about 'gulf in standards'

The viability of the provincial football Championships' structures has been called into question once more following last night's events at Croke Park and Fitzgerald Stadium.

Dublin's facile 1-22 to 0-9 victory over Westmeath in their Leinster SFC opener, coupled with Kerry's 4-21 to 1-4 Munster semi-final hammering of Waterford, are the latest in a line of one-sided clashes this summer.