Tomás Ó Sé has rowed back on his remark that there is a 'scumbag' element to Dublin's style of play.

The Kerry legend caused a storm on social media yesterday after he claimed the All-Ireland champions mix greatness with scumbag behaviour. But he later clarified his comments on twitter, accepting that his description of the Dubs was a "poor choice of words".

"This Dublin team is mentally tough. They can win, they can lose, they can win dirty, they can win when they play poorly," he said at the launch of RTE's 2016 championship coverage.

"They have a mixture of great players. They have a mixture of, for the want of a better word, a scumbag when they need somebody on the team to do the nasty things.

"It's not only that they have the great players, they have a system of play and everyone is buying into that system. They have good management and they are strong all over the field. They have everything you need to make a good team great.

"At the moment they are the best in the land. Whether they are the greatest ever I'm not too sure."

Ó Sé later apologised for his unfortunate choice of words:

 

Don't think the dubs are scumbags at all.poor choice of words. Meant that they have a few scamps. All great teams have them.

- Tomás Ó Sé (@tomas5ky) May 8, 2016

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