Dublin manager Bohan presses the case for open draw 

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In it to win it: Máire Ní Bhraonáin of TG4 and Orlagh Lally of Meath with the Brendan Martin cup and players from the Intermediate, Junior and Senior Championships, from left, Róisín Ambrose of Limerick, Karen McGrath of Waterford, Olivia Divilly of Galway, Jennifer Dunne of Dublin, Niamh O'Neill of Tyrone, Susanne White of Donegal, Clíodhna Ní Shé of Carlow and Clare Owens of Leitrim at the Knowth megalithic passage-tomb site in County Meath. 

IT’S a provincial final that looks set to produce another belter this weekend yet one of its protagonists would still prefer if the TG4 All-Ireland Championships was an open draw.

Dublin ladies’ boss Mick Bohan admits they’re relishing another crack at the enigma that All-Ireland champions Meath are posing for them on Saturday in what is the first Leinster ladies’ SFC final in three years.