Keaney: If we hit our best, there’s not many that will worry us

CONAL KEANEY has admitted the GAA’s decision to grant Dublin a virtual stand-alone date for their All-Ireland quarter-final is a massive boost to their chances of making the last four.

Paul Caffrey’s team had been pencilled in as part of a double-header alongside Mayo and the winners of Laois and Offaly next month before the decision was made to delay that game until the Sunday instead of the Saturday.

Dublin’s game against either Galway or Westmeath will be preceded by the Nicky Rackard Cup final, but that will have only a negligible effect on the amount of tickets available for Dublin fans who would otherwise have missed out.