BLUES MAGIC NUMBER

Phsst! When it comes to the number of scores needed to win a GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship final, it appears that in recent years that 16 is the magic number. The last four All-Ireland finals have been won by the team that managed to kick 16 scores in the game. Cork and Kerry hit exactly 16 points to win the 2010 and 2009 finals respectively, while Tyrone notched 1-15 in beating Kerry in 2008 and the Kingdom kicked 3-13 a year earlier to beat the Rebels.

2010   Cork 0-16  Down 0-15
2009   Kerry 0-16  Cork 1-9
2008   Tyrone 1-15  Kerry 0-14
2007   Kerry 3-13  Cork 1-9