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Ian O’Riordan hands out the marks for Dessie Farrell’s All-Ireland champions

Quiet and at times a little forlorn looking by his own inestimable high standards. Guilty of a few turnovers and showing a little too much aggression at times, earning him a booking on 59 minutes for a challenge on Tom O’Sullivan. Still his look of joy in lifting the Sam Maguire spoke a thousand words.Certainly threw his physicality about along with his experience, though struggled a little with the pace early on, particularly Stephen O’Brien.

McCaffrey made his expected injection of pace, running relentlessly at Dublin, setting up Paddy Small for a critical point late on. Rock got the honour of closing out the deal.Dessie Farrell wanted and needed this one as much as his players, the move to coax back Cluxton, Mannion and McCaffrey, plus Pat Gilroy, a true championship masterstroke.

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