More players will quit inter-county game, predicts Dublin selector Declan Darcy

Dublin selector Declan Darcy is sure that the ever-increasing demands on inter-county players will see more and more of them follow the examples of Rory O’Carroll and Jack McCaffrey by walking away from the game.

The reigning champions will be seeking back-to-back All-Ireland titles when they face Mayo in Sunday’s 2016 decider and they do so without the All-Star full-back and the 2015 Footballer of the Year who declared themselves unavailable this season.

Darcy admits it is difficult for a man of his generation to get his head around the idea that young men would walk away from such a successful, special team at the heights of their own powers, although he understands that times have changed.