Dublin 4-20 DIT 1-12

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Another week, another huge haul from TJ Reid and, predictably, another big victory for star-studded Ballyhale Shamrocks.

Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-15 Kilmacud Crokes 0-12

Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 0-23 Rathdowney-Errill (Laois) 0-22 (AET)

St Jude’s and Ballyboden St Enda’s progressed to the Dublin SHC semi-finals after overcoming Faughs and Cuala, respectively, at O’Toole Park yesterday.

Paul Ryan struck 2-6 as Ballyboden St Enda’s overcame county champions Kilmacud Crokes by 3-14 to 2-13 in their Dublin SHC quarter-final at O’Toole Park yesterday afternoon.

Dublin senior hurling manager Anthony Daly believes a 10-team Allianz Hurling League Division 1 is unworkable.

Wexford 0-15 Dublin 3-19, Wexford Park

Oulart-The Ballagh (Wexford) 1-13 Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 1-12

Ballymun Kickhams 1-12 Kilmacud Crokes 0-14

Lucan Sarsfields, Cuala, Crumlin and Kilmacud Crokes all advanced to the last four of the Dublin SHC over the weekend.

On the homepage of Kilmacud Crokes’ football website, there’s a photograph captioned ‘The Magnificent Seven’.

Laois head to Croke Park next weekend for their clash with Dublin full of confidence and with a real pep in their step – I was going to say “momentum” – but it has now officially become the most overused word in the GAA lexicon during the qualifiers.

Johnny McCaffrey likes his anonymity.

The only foregone conclusion in championship hurling, says Dublin manager Anthony Daly, is that there is no foregone conclusion.

Galway 4-21 Dublin 0-19

A rollicking Allianz Hurling League Division 1A relegation final in Tullamore yesterday.

An odd game in Fraher Field yesterday, Dublin arriving with half an eye on their upcoming Division 1A relegation play-off, and Waterford wary of involvement in same.

It’s a five-match sprint, you’ve lost your opening two games — where would you least like to go in search of two points in the Allianz Hurling League?

Dublin manager Anthony Daly revealed last night that All Star Liam Rushe looks set to miss the remainder of the Allianz Hurling League through injury.

DUBLIN manager Anthony Daly says he does not see any great merit in the All Stars.

DAVID HENRY won’t be follow in the footsteps of Conal Keaney, Shane Ryan and Ross O’Carroll and switch to the Dublin hurlers after deciding to end his inter-county football career.

BEING a football analyst requires checking one’s emotions at the door and delivering cold, impartial analysis. For me this is much harder this time round.

DUBLIN boss Pat Gilroy insists there’s no guarantee any of the county’s big-name players will force their way back into his team between now and the start of the championship.

PAT GILROY wasn’t going to coat this victory with any varnish.

A CRAZY and intense afternoon in Navan yesterday. This All-Ireland semi-final had it all but ultimately only victory for Ulster champions Crossmaglen Rangers.

WITH Cork and Kerry to visit Croke Park this month, we are going to hear a lot about Dublin’s ‘spring series’ but it’s their away form that marks Pat Gilroy’s side out as one of football’s coming forces.

THE mind games have begun.

SEVEN of the Dublin team defeated in last August’s All-Ireland semi-final against Cork will be in action for tomorrow’s annual Dub Stars clash at St Brigid’s GAA club in Castleknock at 3.15pm.

BRIAN KAVANAGH has admitted that Kilmacud Crokes may benefit most from the Leinster Council’s decision to push back Sunday’s provincial club finals to January.

SOMEHOW, despite everything, Kilmacud soldier on.

KILMACUD CROKES star Ross O’Carroll has admitted his brother, All-Star nominee Rory, will miss the crucial Leinster club semi-final against Garrycastle on Sunday week.

THE most famous victory in the history of the Kilmacud Crokes club?

A STORMING second-half, powered by the magnificence of Mark Vaughan and Brian Kavanagh, sealed Kilmacud Crokes’ seventh Dublin SFC title at Parnell Park yesterday.

DUBLIN boss Pat Gilroy’s preparations for their Leinster SFC opener against Wexford on June 13 are being upset as doubts emerge over the fitness of attackers Blaine Kelly and Conal Keaney.

THE Dublin footballers were not specifically targeted in the incident on Monday night which saw a window on their bus being shattered by an object thrown from the roadside, according to county chairman Gerry Harrington.

PAT GILROY has conceded Tyrone are ‘a better team’ than his Dublin outfit and that beating them this weekend to reach the Allianz football league final is ‘not the be all and end all’.

GAA President Christy Cooney expects the Allianz hurling league final to go ahead in Thurles, despite suggestions that the table toppers might get home advantage.

DAVID HENRY has been confirmed as Dublin captain, replacing Paul Griffin who is ruled out for the season after tearing his cruciate ligament.

CORK boss Conor Counihan is likely to be able to call upon the services of dual star Eoin Cadogan for their NFL Division One clash against Dublin in Páirc Uí Rinn next Saturday night.

THOUGHTS of last August’s All-Ireland quarter-final will inevitably spring to mind when Kerry and Dublin meet on Sunday, but Pat Gilroy is, understandably, concentrating on the season to come rather than the last.

Only five of the team which started last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final are in Dublin’s starting line-up for this Sunday’s Division 1 NFL clash against Kerry at Fitzgerald Stadium (KO 2.30pm).