Pat Ryan

They were brilliant.

They really were.

And obviously Dowling is obviously a top-class manager.

But to have serious players on the field kill there.

And are we in the lead line?

Well, no, I thought.

Even when they were going bad, he was winning every ball that was coming in.

it's a huge layoff yeah it's absolutely massive you don't see that too often in fairness Shane Dowling came back last year after six years but a bit easier coming back into goals than coming out and in your first after over a thousand days your first start coming in marking Lee Chin probably the biggest animal in the game like you know what a battle the two of them had but

I always thought Liam Rush was a brilliant player, you know, an all-star player.

I think he's two all-stars even with Dublin, which is, you know, you don't see, is that some pre-scented up there?

No, to be fair, it really is.

Young Hurler of the Year, I think he won as well.

Back in the day, yeah.

So what a player to have come back in.

You even heard, watching the match and then watching the interview with Donald Burke afterwards, Donald Burke described him as either one of the greats or a legend.

So him coming back into the dressing room, I think, is a big lift for fellas when you have that calibre of player coming back in

He's been talked about for a long time, this David Purcell.

He's only 19 yet.

Yeah.

Milan, what the likes of Purcell and Kino Sullivan, obviously you will say it from playing with Den,