They met in the All-Ireland U21 final in 2002 and have both enjoyed long senior careers since.
But in many respects, their whole careers have been leading up to this moment, merely the appetiser, the prequel if you will.
For in an empty room in the clubhouse at Parnell Park, Michael Meehan and Brian Cullen went head to head in the GAA Cliche Quiz.
We began uttering a well worn GAA phrase and they had to complete it. First in with the right answer gets the point.
They had 90 seconds. Listen to find out who came out on top.
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