Dubs won’t put blanket defence to bed

ANY number of reasons have been bandied about for Dublin’s disastrous performance against Wexford last Sunday but Rory O’Carroll would like to out one theory to bed. Literally.

Though Pat Gilroy’s side recovered from a disastrous first 50 minutes to pull clear of their unheralded opponents in extra-time, former midfielder Ciaran Whelan was one of many past players to dissect their initial troubles.

One of Whelan’s main bones of contention was the decision to billet the players in the Regency Hotel, which is situated five minutes away from Croke Park, the night before their Leinster quarter-final.