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Published 14:55 4 Sept 2018 BST
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"Brian Fenton is another one," Parkinson began, "just a machine these days. He doesn't tire either. He's a freak." Bastick commented:
"He's there at the end of games, picking up scores and catching kick-outs... "That's the intensity and the fitness, and the strength. That's what Dublin have over other teams."Fenton was right in the heady mix of it at Smithfield Plaza, on Monday, as the champions were feted at Smithfield Plaza by boisterous Dublin fans. Speaking at the event to Off the Ball reporter Stephen Doyle, Fenton painted a lovely picture of Dublin's post-match celebrations. Resident team DJ Michael Darragh Macauley put on two songs in the dressing room after 2017's All-Ireland triumph. On Sunday, he repeated the nostalgic dose. The first three songs that rang out were Van Morrison's 'Days Like This' and Bill Withers' two classics 'Lovely Day' and 'Lean On Me'. https://youtu.be/7s6VbOEnsgk It is that drive to be the very best and eek out every last bit of success from their talent and hard work that makes this team special. But knowing that you will be back in that dressing room again as winners, again, with 'MDMA' spinning the tracks, again, is surely another motivating factor. It is impossible to predict how many more All-Irelands men like Fenton and Kilkenny can yet rack up but few would back against them in 2019.
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