Jim Gavin targets 2017 for Jack McCaffrey return

Jim Gavin is hopeful Jack McCaffrey will be available to Dublin in 2017.

News that McCaffrey was taking time out later this season broke last week and was confirmed by Gavin after Saturday’s league defeat of Cork at Croke Park.

McCaffrey is the second All-Star defender to become unavailable to the county after Rory O’Carroll’s decision to leave for New Zealand.