Dayna Finn goes from the court to Croker

You are only minutes into a chat with Mayo midfielder Dayna Finn when you find yourself gripped by her tactical appreciation of how so many goals are created by this current Dublin senior football team.

“It’s so good, they are bringing stuff into the game that no football teams had brought in before,” she enthuses, “and one of them was the ‘backdoor cut’ where you loop out and your marker is coming out to defend you, but you take a step on your right foot, then go in behind them.