ANTHONY DALY has revealed Conal Keaney and Tomás Brady will play no part in Dublin’s defence of the Allianz Hurling League title.

BALLYBODEN St Enda’s completed a five in-a-row to confirm their dominance in Dublin hurling when overcoming O’Toole’s by 12 points in a disappointing SHC final under lights at Parnell Park yesterday.

BALLYBODEN ST ENDA’S and O’Toole’s will contest this year’s Dublin SHC final following semi-final wins over Lucan Sarsfields and St Brigid’s respectively at Parnell Park last night.

AS a forward with the Kilkenny footballers, David Herity was once accustomed to poaching for goals. As goalkeeper for the senior hurlers, it is his job to prevent them.

Joey Boland will make his first appearance of the summer for Dublin in tomorrow's Leinster SHC final against Kilkenny at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

IMITATION, it’s said, is the sincerest form of flattery and on Sunday old Kilkenny meets new Kilkenny in the Leinster SHC final. Yes, it’s the Cats versus the Dubs, but when the high-profile Kilkenny players take up their positions, they’ll be looking at a mirror image of themselves.

THERE was a time, not so long ago, when if Dublin were meeting Kilkenny in a Leinster final (as they do in Croke Park this Sunday), any interview with a Dublin player would contain the obligatory mantra — “Kilkenny are a great team, great players, great achievements, daunting opposition”.

As expected, Tomás Brady has been restored to the Dublin defence for tomorrow night's Leinster SHC semi-final showdown with Galway in Tullamore (throw-in 7pm).

CONOR O’MAHONY returns to the Tipperary lineup for Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final against Clare in the Gaelic Grounds in the only change from the side that defeated Cork last month. O’Mahony is named at centre-back with Padraic Maher moving to half-back and John O’Keeffe to the full-back line in place of Paddy Stapleton.

JOHN MULLANE is not in favour of the introduction of video technology to verify scores in hurling and football — and not just because if it might have cost him money had it been in operation on Sunday.

IN the same weekend the movie The Hangover II was released, it was fitting Dublin’s hurlers were presented with the possibility of having their party crashed for the second time in 10 months.

Dublin 2-21 Offaly 1-20, Croke Park

Wexford 2-15 Dublin 3-21

Dublin 1-16 Tipperary 1-15

Waterford 3-16 Dublin 2-19, Walsh Park

Martin Quilty who comes in at left back for his debut in the Walsh Cup final on Sunday against Kilkenny on Sunday.

All-Ireland SHC Phase 3 Qualifier

Dublin 2-22 Clare 0-15

FAVOURITES Cork will have Tom Kenny back in action at midfield, alongside Cathal Naughton, for Sunday’s GAA Munster hurling final against Waterford in Thurles.

All-Star midfielder Alan McCrabbe has been passed fit to play for Dublin in their Allianz NHL Division 1 tie against Tipperary at Parnell Park on Sunday (throw-in 2.30pm).

Dublin 3-16 Dubs Stars 1-11

Shane Ryan will line out for the Dublin Senior hurlers for the first time this Sunday, since his decision to quit the Blues' Senior football panel last October.

DUBS STARS SENIOR HURLING CHALLENGE MATCH: DUBLIN 1-18 DUBS STARS 3-11

WEXFORD’S footballers may have achieved one major breakthrough at Croke Park yesterday but their hurling counterparts proved to be in no mood to accommodate a second such romantic script.

ALLIANZ NHL DIVISION 1A: Wexford 2-9 Dublin 0-15

Kilkenny 1-21 Dublin 2-10, Nowlan Park

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Galway 5-11 Dublin 0-12, Croke Park

PEADAR CARTON may be included in the Dublin attack for Sunday’s All-Ireland U-21 hurling final, but his eligibility to play remains in doubt following the unprecedented decision of the GAA’s Central Council to challenge a decision to lift the eight-week suspension originally imposed on him.

Dublin have made on change in personnel for Sunday's All-Ireland Under-21 hurling final against Galway at Croke Park (throw-in 2pm).

Dublin 3-18 Derry 2-11

Dublin Under-21 hurling manager Sean Lane has a full squad to choose from for Saturday evening's All-Ireland U-21HC semi-final against Derry at Newry's Páirc Esler (throw-in 6pm).

The Dublin County Board have confirmed they will appeal the eight-week suspension which Under-21 and senior hurler Peadar Carton has been hit with.

Dublin's Under-21 hurlers captured their first Leinster title at the grade since 1972 last night, and afterwards midfielder Joey Boland hailed the 2-18 to 3-9 triumph over Offaly as "an absolutely fantastic win".

Tommy Naughton is to continue as manager of the Dublin senior hurlers into next season, after being ratified for another year by the Dublin County Board.

Dublin manager Tommy Naughton has a number of injury worries to consider ahead of his side's NHL Division 1B encounter with Tipperary on Sunday (Nenagh, throw-in 3.30pm).

Dublin 2-19 Dubs Stars 0-10

Today will see Ballyboden clubman Stephen Hiney pull on a Dublin jersey for the first time since July 2005, as the capital side take on the Dubs Stars in the annual end-of-year clash.

The Dublin U21 team for today's Erin Leinster U21 hurling final against Kilkenny has an experienced look about it (Nowlan Park, throw-in 7.30pm).