Kerry's class of '22 are meaner than recent editions

SURROUNDED: Ciarán Kilkenny of Dublin in action against Kerry players, from left, Graham O'Sullivan, Brian Ó Beaglaíoch, Gavin White and Paudie Clifford during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final match between Dublin and Kerry at Croke Park in Dublin. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Seán O’Shea, naturally enough, was the toast of the winning dressing-room, but there was more than him to thank for ensuring this Kerry team did not once again throw away a winning hand late on in Croke Park.

In these pages on Saturday, John Evans said what was on the tip of most Kerry tongues when remarking that ‘if it goes to a battle, all Kerry people would be worried about that'.