Kerry bosses: 'Louise isn't our sole attacking threat'

Kerry joint-managers Declan Quill and Darragh Long have said that Dublin would be mistaken to believe that their attacking threat starts and ends with Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh.

Much of the focus for Sunday's final at Croke Park will be how the Dublin defence deal with the sharp-shooter, who has amassed a sensational 4-44, 4-29 coming from play, as she tries to help Kerry end their 30-year wait for the Brendan Martin Cup.

Even if she is wrapped up, the Kerry management have full confidence in their other scoring options.

"We have six very good forwards. Look at Hannah O’Donoghue, she kicked three points from play the last day against Mayo before she had to go off injured at half time," Quill told RTÉ Sport.

"Niamh Carmody is very good to chip in with scores, Niamh Ní Chonchúir has been in very good scoring form as well this year.

"It was never down to Louise. I suppose looking at the Meath performance she only scored three points and we still pulled through that night.

"Look we do rely on Louise, that’s no secret, we don’t hide from that and she’s a brilliant player and a brilliant leader in our team.

"We have plenty of girls who can step up and take scores too."

It was an opinion shared by his joint manager Long.

"In the Meath game we had nine different scorers, Louise had only three or four points that night. She kicked 1-10 [against Mayo] and she was exceptional but the supporting cast around her, she’s at the end of very good moves and very good work by her defensive unit."

Kerry’s last All-Ireland triumph came in 1993 against Laois, with defeats to Cork in 2012 and Meath last year preventing them from ending the wait.

The Royals were comprehensive 3-10 to 1-07 winners, but Quill believes it will be a very different team that