Kobe McDonald swerves Australia question after epic All-Ireland win

Well played!

The latter didn't have his best game of the championship, scoring 0-3, but was calm and collected on the ball when it mattered most.

Taking home the Sam Maguire after 75 years will ease the pain of losing McDonald to Australia somewhat, but there are certainly those still holding out hope that he will somehow stay.

After the game, he spoke to the RTÉ panel, with Tyrone legend asking Peter Canavan posing the question everyone wanted an answer to, asking "Kobe, how is Australia going to beat this?"

McDonald cleverly swerved the question, replying: "To be honest, I'm not thinking about Australia, I'm just going to soak it all in."

Teams and scorers from Irish Examiner.

Scorers for Mayo: D. Beirne (1-3, 2 frees); R. O’Donoghue (0-5, 2 tps, 1 free); J. Carney (0-4, 2 tps); K. McDonald (0-3, 1 45); T. Conroy (0-2); D. McBrien, S. Callinan, J. Flynn (0-1 each).

Scorers for Kerry: D. Clifford (1-6, 1 tp); S. O’Shea, P. Clifford (1 45) (0-3 each); D. Casey, T. O’Sullivan, J. O’Connor, K. Evans, G. O’Sullivan (0-1 each).

MAYO: J. Livingstone; J. Coyne (c), E. McGreal, D. McHugh; S. Callinan, E. Hession, D. McBrien; B. Tuohy, J. Carney; D. O’Connor, J. Flynn, P. Towey; D. Beirne, D. Beirne, R. O’Donoghue, K. McDonald.

Subs for Mayo: T. Conroy for P. Towey (25); M. Ruane for B. Tuohy, R. Brickenden for E. McGreal (both 53); C. Loftus for D. O’Connor (58); P. Durcan for S. Callinan (65).

KERRY: S. Murphy; T. O’Sullivan, J. Foley, P. Murphy; T. O’Sullivan, M. Breen, G. White; M. O’Shea, S. O’Brien; J. O’Connor, S. O’Shea, G. O’Sullivan; D. Clifford (c), P. Clifford, D. Geaney.

Subs for Kerry: E. Looney for D. Casey (temp, 29-ht); K. Evans for T. O’Sullivan (h-t); T. Kennedy for D. Geaney (52); B. Ó Beaglaoich for G. White (59); E. Looney for P. Murphy (61); M. Burns for S. O’Brien (63).

Referee: M. McNally (Monaghan)