While the Dublin panel had much to celebrate collectively, Alan Brogan season was not very memorable from a personal point of view.

The 2011 All Ireland winner's season was derailed by groin and hamstring injuries.

Brogan has not lined out for Dublin since last year's All Ireland semi-final defeat to Mayo but this week Jim Gavin indicated that Brogan still figured in his plans for the future.

To get the latest on the forward and to discuss his frustrating year, Off The Ball's Colm 'Wooly' Parkinson chatted to the St Oliver Plunketts clubman at yesterday's GOAL Challenge charity match, an organisation he has been an ambassador for in recent years.

The GOAL Challenge turned out to be his first game of the year. Brogan detailed the extent of his injuries and the recovery process.

"I went off against Mayo [in 2012] after getting hurt in the previous game. I left it for four months on the advice of doctors to see if it would heal by itself. Ultimately that didn't happen so I had to go to the Gilmore Clinic over in London last December for surgery," said Brogan.

"I came back from that and had four to five months of rehab. Not that I had setbacks along the way but it healed slower than I expected. But I got back to full training at the end of June and was starting to motor well when I tore my hamstring. Unfortunately it was another six weeks with a pretty bad tear. I was back in training the week before the All Ireland semi-final."

It was too early to play a part against Kerry. But he was named in Jim Gavin's matchday panel for Sunday's All Ireland final, although he remained an unused sub.

"I was like any other sub. If certain things had happened during the game, Jim might have used me. But just the way injuries fell for us - a couple of lads had to come off with concussion - so it didn't work. It doesn't matter as long as we won the match."

Despite being unable to play for a full calendar year, Brogan was appreciative of the fact that Gavin kept him involved such as sharing his experience with the younger members of the team and attending team meetings.

In terms of returning to action with the Dubs, the 31-year-old wants to get a few club games under his belt to see where he is at and take stock of his family life.

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Dublin's Alan Brogan celebrates after the game with his son Jamie ©INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan