Dublin v Longford, Croke Park, 4pm Live TV: RTÉ 2

‘It’s a dubious enough reward when you think of it,’ suggested Longford manager Denis Connerton in the aftermath of his team’s shock win over Meath.

There are some who will see that as a defeatist attitude on the Longford manager’s part but when your last win against Dublin was 48 years ago and you have lost five games against them by an average of 13 points per game since the turn of the millennium, what else can you say?

Verdict: Dublin