JJ a pillar of strength
This one is rather more apt for the week that was in it, not least because no proper tribute to the striped super-heroes of recent years can omit a tip of the hat to the men in blue and gold who drove them to such gaiscí.
The second half of the 2009 decider, Tipp playing into the Davin End and Eoin Kelly drifting out the field shadowed by JJ Delaney. What transpires could be a scene from a coursing meeting. Kelly feints one way; Delaney reads it, interposes his body and forces him to turn. Kelly dodges the other way; Delaney is there again, jousting with his stick. They’re at this for what seems like five minutes when Kelly somehow finds an inch or two, contorts his body, wraps his hurley around his shoulder and splits the uprights for a score of purest spun gold.
