Rowe hails Dublin management for "phenomenal" work during first year in charge

Dublin captain Carla Rowe has credited joint managers Paul Casey and Derek Murray for the “phenomenal” work they’ve put in this year to get the capital women back in the All-Ireland SFC final.

The duo succeeded long-time manager Mick Bohan, who stepped down last autumn having won five All-Irelands at the helm with the team, and have since guided them to Leinster glory and a return to the Brendan Martin Cup decider.

Meath await Dublin in the final at Croke Park tomorrow (4.15pm) and Rowe heaped 2011 All-Ireland SFC winner Casey and Murray for a “seamless” transition since taking over from Bohan.

"The two lads are brilliant. They're open to learning whatever they can,” she told RTE Sport.

“It's their first year, it's a hard task to take on a Dublin senior inter-county team in your first year, but it has been seamless and the work they've put in over this year has been phenomenal. We're back in an All-Ireland final and that's where we want to be."

On tomorrow’s decider against the Royals, she added: "It's All-Ireland final day. Teams come in with different energies and we know Meath have been building really nicely this year. We have that percentage in our pocket if we want to use it, but it's not going to disillusion us or anything like that. We know we need to prepare really well for Sunday."