CANAVAN: HEROES AREN'T ZEROES NOW

PETER CANAVAN can’t work out why his native Tyrone and Kerry – the last two winners of the Sam Maguire Cup – have been excluded from many All-Ireland conversations. 

-  PAUL KEANE

Canavan himself pointed to Dublin as the most likely winner during a conversation yesterday among RTE TV analysts (inset) whilst new Division 1 league champions Mayo have been widely tipped to finally end their Championship famine. 

Fellow pundit Lee Keegan played up Division 1 finalists and 2022 All-Ireland runners-up Galway while, at one stage, Canavan jokingly intervened to remind the other panellists that Tyrone were also involved in the competition.