"Every year you win the All-Ireland final it's a brilliant feeling and I don't rank them, to be honest. It's just about winning today's match and winning the All-Ireland final is everything."

It was business as usual for Brian Cody as he is celebrated a remarkable 11th All-Ireland senior success as Kilkenny manager.

"It is within our grasp to win an All-Ireland. We are within inches of it. But it is how we react from it."

Anthony Cunningham is backing Galway to bounce back.

"To be honest, the players took it over. We took it over ourselves. A few guys spoke, Jackie (Tyrrell) in particular spoke really, really well."

The Cats' first-half performance fell short of their usual high standards and Richie Power revealed it was Jackie Tyrell who did most of the talking during the half-time break.

"When I did the interview, I can't name him now, he said it's probably one of the worst teams - ever. That's coming from an official."

Jeffrey Lynskey proved the doubters wrong when guiding Galway to a 10th All-Ireland MHC success.

"We looked in the game to the 40th minute and then we were hit with two sucker goals."

Lynskey's Tipperary counterpart Liam Cahill had no excuses.

"We engaged with the process. It's there for us, it's there for any team to use and that's what we did. We took advice from the administrators of the Dublin county board and they supported us all the way."

Dublin boss Jim Gavin defended their decision to take Diarmuid Connolly's red card appeal all the way to the DRA.

"In the last 15 minutes, you had to say the team effort was very good and the lads who came off the bench really dragged us over the line."

Dublin's subs were the difference between winning and losing - 'man-of-the-match' Paddy Andrews.

"We came here to put in a big, big performance and I think the players put in a really huge performance but were beaten by a better team on the day."

Mayo joint-manager Pat Holmes couldn't hide his disappointment following their seven point reversal.

"We needed to play for the entire game. We learned from our mistakes (the last day) and that's the big learning curve going into the All-Ireland final."

Philly McMahon and the Dubs now turn their attention to Kerry.

"There are no masters of disaster like Mayo."

Mayo have only themselves to blame according to Joe Brolly.

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