Blackrock had the 'hunger and drive' to get over the line, Richie Kelleher admits

'I said to the lads beforehand that we were going to have it difficult because that hurt that Blackrock had built up over 18 years is powerful'

Mark O'Keeffe of Blackrock puts Stephen McDonnell of Glen Rovers under pressure. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Magnanimous Glen Rovers manager Richie Kelleher was fulsome in his praise for the hunger Blackrock showed in this rip-roaring senior county final.

Kelleher also praised his players for dying “with their boots on” but had feared the appetite of their opponents going into the game.