Comeback kids: It's football, Jim, but not as we know it

Elite football games now swinging more than hurling. 
Comeback kids: It's football, Jim, but not as we know it

NOTHING BUT NET: Meath manager Robbie Brennan. celebrating after his side's victory over Westmeath,  described the new-look game as 'outdoor basketball'. Pic Tyler Miller/Sportsfile

Gaelic football is many great things but for comebacks hurling has the patent rights.

Cork transforming a seven-point deficit to beat Galway by three in the 1990 All-Ireland final. Tipperary pulling off an unimaginable 13-point turnaround against Cork in the Munster final the next year.

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