Keaney not bothered if tipsters writing off Dubs

Conal Keaney fully expects Dublin to be written off this week ahead of their Leinster semi-final replay with Kilkenny — and he doesn’t mind it one bit.

While unhappy not to have held their one-point lead in the dying moments of Sunday’s thrilling draw, the former dual player took plenty of positives from the game.

After an 18-point defeat to Kilkenny last year, Sunday’s performance was almost a complete turnaround though he expects Kilkenny will be fancied to the hilt to make amends in Portlaoise next Saturday.