Dubs on double trail

Dublin will aim to record successive provincial titles when they encounter near neighbours Meath in the Electric Ireland Leinster MFC final at Croke Park tomorrow (2pm).

The same counties came face-to-face 12 months ago with the Dubs prevailing comfortably by 2-18 to 1-11 but a much tighter spectacle is predicted tomorrow given how few of Dublin’s main protagonists remain from that 10-point win.

Ciarán Kilkenny, Jack McCaffrey and Emmet Ó Conghaile were key contributors in Dublin’s All-Ireland U21 triumph earlier this spring and that exceptional talent is not available to Dublin manager Dessie Farrell on this occasion.