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Robert Hynes

Colm O'Rourke believes Dublin should be split into 'three or four teams'

Two-time All-Ireland winner Colm O'Rourke believes Dublin should be split into "three or four teams".

The Dubs cruised into another All-Ireland final on Saturday night with a comfortable 1-24 to 0-12 victory over Ulster champions Cavan at Croke Park and remain firmly on track to win their sixth consecutive Championship.

Former Meath player O'Rourke claimed after the game that every other county is "wasting their time" unless Dublin are divided into different teams.

He told RTE: “I suppose it shows the gap that there is in class between Dublin and the rest. They’re like the grim reaper when anybody comes here. They just put them away with ruthless efficiency.

“Even today if it wasn’t their best performance, they could have won that game by 20 plus points. They missed a few chances.

“This is the future. This isn’t going to stop this year or next year, We could be looking at Dublin going for 10 in a row.

“They have under 20 teams coming up- their under 20 team is already in the All-Ireland final.

Dublin's Robbie McDaid celebrates scoring a goal against Cavan (©INPHO/James Crombie)

“This is a pattern. Dublin have created a monster which the GAA at central level need to decide what’s going to be done about it."

He added: “Because we have the sheer scale of numbers playing in Dublin – and I’m not one of those who’s saying we should be cutting Dublin’s finances.

“That’s not the answer because that finance is going into schools and creating a lot of new players and new clubs.

“But the only answer for the future has to be that Dublin will have three or four teams. Otherwise everybody else is wasting their time.

“Eventually someone is going to have to sit down and have a serious discussion about what we’re going to do with Dublin.

“Not only have they the numbers, the finances and everything else – they probably have the best players that we have ever seen."

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