Brian Fenton

Brian Fenton excels in midfield as Con O’Callaghan hits 1-6 from play on return

He is the only Dublin player to win an All Star in both seasons of the Farrell reign

Seán Moran, Jim McGuinness, Malachy Clerkin and Darragh Ó Sé look ahead

Tralee pair form a formidable midfield partnership that augurs well for Kerry’s prospects

Dublin outscored Donegal 1-9 to 0-2 through 35 minutes of playing time at one stage

Seán Moran runs the rule over the penultimate round of the Allianz League

Dessie Farrell will have been encouraged by victory over Tyrone in Omagh

Dessie Farrell’s side were nine points up on Tyrone at the break before stalling

Opponents have taken advantage of Dessie Farrell’s attempts to get Dubs out of a rut

Dublin will have noted how Kildare got on top against Seán O’Shea and Adrian Spillane

Striking thing about Armagh defeat was the Dubs never used make such dumb choices

Crokes stalwart missed out on the glory years with Dublin but focuses his efforts instead on his club ambitions

Changes to the calendar and feelings of injustice have seen stars let loose in January

Scully expects intensity of national league to grow due to condensed nature of season

It’s no surprise Cluxton, McCaffrey and Mannion won’t be involved with Dubs in 2022

Influential midfielder had never lost a championship game before this summer

Midfielder returned from stint in the AFL to win a maiden senior medal with his club

‘The hunger is still there, there’s no question of the motivation going anywhere’

Dublin were dying for the line to come and save them as Mayo hounded them down

Score to draw game at full-time as good as a winner, in truth a stake through the heart

The reigning champions name an unchanged team from Leinster Final win

Mayo are simply flat-out, unproven, but the champions are still the safer bet

The 2017 All-Ireland final had it all and, ultimately, ended in the same result

Mayo cannot afford a repeat of the dismal second quarter against Galway

‘I certainly thought we could have made it a lot closer,’ says Kildare manager O’Connor

There’ll have to be a paradigm shift before the champions take on Mayo in two weeks

Move them into a different room in their minds, then beat them at football

It’s impossible to see them losing to Kildare and then they just have two more games

The champions blow 11-point lead in a listless and at times directionless second half

Malachy Clerkin: County with their tails up never fail to add to the party

As things stand, the Dubs seem to still have more filling in to do than in other years

Kerry’s landslide win over Tyrone earlier in the day meant there would be no league final

Plenty at stake in league games as Donegal get the chance to signal their intent to Dubs

Andrew Omobamidele, Chiedozie Ogbene and Gavin Bazunu have Nigerian heritage

Japanese star has raised important issue of the limits of an athlete’s responsibilities

The skill levels of modern footballers is so much higher than it has ever been

Dublin scored one goal with long-ball tactics that usually only work in an U-12 match

Dubs show some signs of tactical innovation as Wexford against Kilkenny is postponed

All-Ireland champions instantly find their groove on the road in Division 1 opener

Former Dublin footballer and Ireland basketball star will win 34th rugby cap against Italy