In some ways, Stephen Coen is to the manor born when it comes to All-Ireland finals.
Along with the likes of Diarmuid O’Connor, Conor Loftus and Michael Plunkett, their formative football years would fly in the face of the Garden variety Mayo football experience and be based on All-Ireland final wins.
That group were minor All-Ireland champions in 2013 after seeing off a Tyrone team powered by Conor McKenna and Cathal McShane. They repeated the dose three years later beating Sean Powter’s Cork in the U21 decider.
Coen was captain for both successes, and James Horan there thought enough of him to bring him straight into the senior squad when he was just out of minor.
Cavan midfielder Thomas Galligan says it s hard to find any weaknesses in the Dublin football team.
The Breffni played the six-in-a-row chasing Blues earlier this month in the All-Ireland semi-final and fell to a demoralising 15 point defeat.
The Ulster side came into the game with high hopes of giving Dessie Farrell s side a rattle, having put one of the favourites - Donegal - to the sword in the provincial decider.
But Galligan admitted it wasn t a nice experience to play a team who were on another level completely. But it was an experience in itself to go out and play against the best team in the country and the best team for the past 6 years that they ve been.