Corkery: We're facing the best team in Leinster
July 22, 2010
Dublin's Niall Corkery
The Wee County were robbed of a first provinical title in 53 years by a shocking refereeing blunder 11 days ago, having earlier accounted for Longford, Kildare and Westmeath.
"We know exactly what's required of us," the Kilmacud Crokes clubman said.
"Louth are the best team in Leinster this year. But just like we weren't going into the Armagh game thinking 'this is Armagh, they've won an All-Ireland in the recent years, we don't stand a chance,' we're also not going into this game thinking 'this is Louth, Dublin traditionally beat them, so we'll be fine.'
"This year you've seen teams breaking from the mould. The would-be favourites from the last few years are crashing out to supposedly lesser teams. We're just looking at Louth's performances this year, which have been very good, and they'll be the best team we've faced this year."
Corkery, who was a talented rugby player with Blackrock College during his school days, insists that Dublin are a team in tradition and cannot be considered as All-Ireland contenders at this moment in time.
"Judging by how we've performed so far in the championship, I'd say it might be quite a distance (between Dublin and the top teams) at the moment," he said.
"And I don't think we can really look at winning All-Irelands - I think we just have to take every game as it comes." Tweet
