Dublin proved that reports of their demise appear to be greatly exaggerated as they comfortably saw off Roscommon at King and Moffatt Dr Hyde Park.
Ger Brennan’s charges were never troubled, producing their best performance of the season by some distance to dispose of a home team that hardly raised a gallop over the 70 minutes.
Roscommon were faced with a 13-point deficit at the break, and while they managed to reel in Galway the previous weekend, they never looked like repeating their heroics here when faced by a resolute Dublin defence that comfortably closed down the Rossies’ key dangermen.
The Dubs were efficiency personified during the opening half.
They didn’t kick their first wide until the…