Eoghan O’Donnell: Dublin young guns ready to take step up

Eoghan O’Donnell insists the mood in the Dublin hurling camp is buoyant as they prepare to open their Allianz League Division One campaign against All-Ireland champions Tipperary this weekend on the back of a turbulent winter.

Manager Ger Cunningham has taken a sledgehammer to the panel put together by his predecessor Anthony Daly since assuming the reins in 2014 and another raft of players was deemed surplus to requirements over the off-season. Among them were former captain Johnny McCaffrey, former All-Star Peter Kelly, and Niall Corcoran, with Kelly expressing the view that the man in charge had eroded a successful squad and one that had brought rare league and Leinster honours to the capital.

However, O’Donnell only has good things to say about the set up.