Gregory McGonigle must be sick of the sight of the Cork jersey!

Yesterday, the Dublin manager suffered his fourth All-Ireland final defeat at the hands of the all-conquering Rebelettes. McGonigle was in charge of the Jackies when they surrendered a big lead in last year's final and was also over Monaghan when they were beaten in the 2011 and 2013 finals.

"The only difference (to last year) obviously is that we weren't in the lead and we weren't pinned back. I'm very proud," McGonigle said in the Irish Examiner.

"It's a very young side as well, but I think everyone in the media today would had us written off in terms of Cork being the team going for five-in-a-row."

McGonigle also defended Dublin's ultra-defensive tactics.

"When we knew we were going to be playing Cork, we talked about a game plan and in fairness they gave us that and implemented it and stuck to the process and didn't go away. Whatever we asked them to do, they always tried to be the best that they could."

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