They see the prize serving the county not the self: Jim Gavin

Jim Gavin has praised the mental resolve of the Dublin senior footballers in the aftermath of Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final glory in Croke Park.

The Dubs trailed Tyrone by four points after a lackluster early showing by the boys in blue but turned the game around in a spellbinding spell before the break to lead by seven points at half-time.

"The GAA should be very proud of both teams, of both counties, the spectacle that they put on with some great scores,” said Jim.

"The attacking phases were quite equal, we were probably just a bit ahead of them on the efficiency rate and that is a credit to the Dublin players.

“We go after the skills of the game, we have worked hard at that in the last number of years and we probably got due reward.

|In the opening 10 or 15 minutes a little bit wayward, the Tyrone boys put them under pressure, but the mental resolve in that Dublin team is just a pleasure to witness.

“The collective ethos they have, they see the prize (as) serving the county not the self.

"You have players there that didn't get game-time, they didn't show it, but they must be disappointed not to play in an All Ireland final.

"They just want the team to do well. It is team, team, team and I think they have demonstrated that again,” added Jim.

“Going into the game we knew it was going to be a very tough battle, they go 0-5 to 0-1 up, they have the momentum, but our guys don't blink which is a great characteristic to have.

“We just keep going through the phases to get ourselves back in the game. Even at half-time it is only a break in play, it still needs to be finished, the guys just kept with our process of going through each phase of play."