Jim Gavin says Eoghan O'Gara showed "great composure" when he came under attack from Meath's Mickey Burke.

The two substitutes tangled during the second half of the Leinster final at Croke Park, leading to allegations from the Royal County camp that their player had been bitten.

But Dubs boss Gavin feels that O'Gara behaved in a disciplined manner under the circumstances:

"I just thought that Eoghan showed great composure for a big strong man, to maintain his self-discipline when he was under stress. As I said, it's not really talked about in the Dublin squad. We just moved on to the next game pretty quickly," he told The Irish Times.

Looking ahead to tomorrow's All-Ireland quarter-final clash with beaten Ulster finalists Monaghan, Gavin suggests that the visitors will not be hampered by the fact that they were involved in an energy-sapping, 90-minute Qualifier against Kildare last weekend:

"Looking back at the tape, I think at this elite level an extra couple of minutes won't make any difference in terms of the overall and how a team prepares. A week's break is quite sufficient for any team to get themselves right for another game and Monaghan are coming off the back of a very good performance." Tweet

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