Philip Jordan believes the All-Ireland will be between Kerry, Dublin, Donegal and Mayo again.

Writing in his Irish News column 'Breaking Ball', the former Tyrone star isn't looking beyond the quartet that contested last year's All-Ireland semi-finals.

"I can't see anyone outside of Dublin, Kerry, Mayo and Donegal lifting Sam at the end of the year," he stated.

"I highlighted Cork at the start of the year as a team who could become challengers. They had an excellent league campaign, but the same old problems still exist. In Brian Hurley and Colm O'Neill, they have two of the best forwards in the country. However, too often they don't get enough ball played in their direction."

The Moy man feels Dublin have "learnt the required lessons" for their shock 2014 All-Ireland semi-final loss to Donegal, and are "in a good place heading into the championship". While suggesting that Kerry are "the one team who can get close to matching Dublin on talent alone", Jordan raises questions about their desire to repeat last year's success.

He also wonders if Mayo and Donegal are past their best, but maintains that Donegal cannot be written off when they have forwards of the calibre of Michael Murphy and Paddy McBrearty in their team.

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