Dublin’s battling qualities underline All-Ireland credentials

Dublin retained their provincial crown with a well-deserved four-point win over Wexford in their Electric Ireland Leinster MHC final at a rain-sodden Croke Park yesterday.

There were also encouraging signs that they could go one step further after falling to Galway in last year’s All-Ireland decider.

Central to these ambitions was the stranglehold their half-back line exerted as Eoghan O’Donnell and Sean McClelland gave exceptional displays from the wing-back positions.