Gavin shuts door on dual role for Kilkenny

All-Ireland winning Dublin football manager Jim Gavin has indicated he’s not prepared to accommodate a dual role for Ciarán Kilkenny in 2014.

County hurling boss Anthony Daly asked Kilkenny, a Dublin U21 hurler last season, to play for the senior team this year and is awaiting a response. The Castleknock clubman played in both All-Ireland minor finals in 2011 and is rated as one of the most promising young hurlers in the country.

But Gavin’s comments that he doesn’t believe it is possible to combine both at the highest level and that a player would have to choose one or the other appear to shut the door on any dual role.