Ger Cunningham wouldn’t mind having more of his panel available to him against Wexford on Saturday but he agrees it feels more like his team this year.

John Fogarty sees Kilkenny and Tipperary renewing rivalries at the head of a competitive Division 1A

DUBLIN 1-17 LIMERICK 1-16

All Ireland SHC Round 2

Went out for the weekend. It lasted forever.

Former Dublin hurling boss Humphrey Kelleher has called into question the managerial credentials of Ger Cunningham, claiming Michael Carton’s decision to quit the squad is a direct result of his manager’s actions.

They have endured a disastrous Leinster campaign and, should they lose to Laois on Saturday and bow out of the hurling championship, Dublin’s season may well be labelled one giant tragedy.

Michael Carton insists Dublin can still win this year’s All-Ireland hurling championship despite being demolished by Galway. 

Two weeks ago, I highlighted the inconsistencies of referees’ judgements on shoulder challenges.

Tipperary last week and now Kilkenny.

If the Allianz Division 1 table was based solely on physical and hurling preparation rather than results, Dublin would still be top. 

Former All Star defender Liam Rushe has admitted he thought his days at full-forward had been written off as a "failed experiment".

RTÉ’s League Sunday switched its attention to hurling with the opening round of the Allianz National Hurling League taking place over the weekend, and the panel focused on

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Ger Cunningham must have wondered how his first competitive game in charge of Dublin would go when he went to bed on Saturday night, but he probably didn’t dare to believe it would turn out as satisfying as this.

Allianz Hurling League Division 1A: Dublin 2-20 Tipperary 0-14: What a difference six months can make.

Dublin have managed a measure of revenge for their All-Ireland elimination at Tipperary’s hands last summer with a comprehensive and impressive 12-point win in their opening Allianz Hurling League Division 1A game in Donnycarney.

Laois 1-11 Dublin 2-18: Walsh Cup: Fourteen-man Dublin survived a second-half comeback from Laois to book a place in the Walsh Cup final at O’Moore Park yesterday.

Dublin and Galway advanced to next Saturday’s Bord na Móna Walsh Cup Final at Croke Park (5pm), following wins over Laois and Carlow respectively this afternoon.

Former Cork selector Ger Cunningham was last night appointed as Anthony Daly’s successor as Dublin manager, being handed a three-year term.

St Vincent’s booked their place in the Dublin SHC quarter-finals following an emphatic 6-21 to 0-13 victory over Parnells in Parnell Park on Saturday.

Tipperary hurler James Woodlock insists the team continue to plough a lone furrow despite recording a third championship win on the hop, and, in the process, advancing to the All-Ireland semi-final.

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Kilkenny 0-24 Dublin 1-9

Kilkenny 0-24 Dublin 1-9

I’m going to start today with the Leinster final, though it’s not the most important game of the weekend.

Composure. Not an attribute often associated with Dublin hurling, certainly not in recent years.

Anna Geary is a winner. Three All-Irelands. Four All- Stars. Four National Leagues, with Cork. Two All-Ireland club titles with Milford.

Dublin 0-22 Wexford 1-14

Wexford 1-14 Dublin 0-22

This weekend offers Wexford a chance to stake a claim at the top table of hurling with a win over reigning Leinster champions Dublin after years in the wilderness.

Munster SHC quarter-final

Waterford 1-17 Dublin 4-13

Waterford 1-17 Dublin 4-13

Dublin 2-17 Clare 0-17

Dublin’s hurlers and footballers could be taking centre stage in Croke Park on St Patrick’s Day in future, if the All-Ireland club championships are wrapped up in the calendar year.

The All star nominee list has been unveiled and it is no surprise that Davy Fitzgerald's side have been rewarded for their astonishing 2013 performance.

The post mortem will inevitably last weeks but, eventually, John McCaffrey expects Dublin to begin their preparations for 2014 with an unchanged panel and, crucially, with the same management team.

Dublin are set to field an unchanged team when they meet Cork in tomorrow afternoon's All-Ireland SHC semi-final at Croke Park.

I’m slightly annoyed with all this talk of a handy All-Ireland there now to be won — absolutely ridiculous.

Even in hurling, multi-skilled sport and all that it is, every team still needs a bruiser or two, a big banger who can take and give the knocks in the rough-and-tumble of the all-important possession battles around the half-forward and half-back war zones.

Talk of a first All-Ireland hurling title for Dublin since 1938 flew loosely from the lips of Anthony Daly’s players last year.

Dublin 2-25 Galway 2-13

Dublin manager Anthony Daly has unsurprisingly named an unchanged team for Sunday's Leinster SHC final against defending champions Galway at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).