Fanning hoping to give Model badly needed title boost

DUBLIN will be straining to retain their Leinster U21 title in tonight’s Wexford Park decider but their hosts will be motivated by a desire to restore pride as much as thoughts of rare silverware.

It has been another dispiriting summer for the Model County’s seniors after the boost of retaining their Division One League status in unlikely fashion. A routine defeat of Antrim was followed by losses to Kilkenny and Limerick and a painfully familiar early summer departure.

The south-east needs a lift.