Gavin White: ‘We’ve had some very tough years. We spoke about that at half-time’

Gavin White will savour it this title as Crokes old and new come together

Dingle's Barry O'Sullivan is tackled by Dr. Crokes Mark O'Shea and Gavin White. Pic ©INPHO/Ken Sutton

This was not so much the passing of the torch as it was a combined carrying of it. Dr Crokes, old and new, came together to power them back to the summit of Kerry football. Gavin White will savour it.

“We’ve had some very tough years,” he said on the Austin Stack Park field after their six-point triumph over Dingle. They trailed by two at the turnaround and three after 42 minutes. A five-year gap looked set to continue.