Mickey Harte: 'Forward mark the most ridiculous thing ever introduced to our game'

The Louth manager said Kerry deficiencies when it comes to one-on-one marking is no reflection on their defenders

11 July 2021; BBC Sport Northern Ireland analysts, from left, Mickey Harte, Martin McHugh, Oisin McConville and Mark Sidebottom watch on during the Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final match between Derry and Donegal at Páirc MacCumhaill in Ballybofey, Donegal. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Mickey Harte has been hugely impressed with Kerry’s work-rate this season and believes the Kingdom are best placed to stop Dublin’s seven-in-a-row bid.

The three-time All-Ireland winning manager said the hurt of last November’s Munster semi-final defeat to Cork is not sitting well with Peter Keane’s charges, adding that “they look like the team most likely” to end Dublin’s Championship dominance.