Conal Keaney hopes big name will help Dublin hurling

Conal Keaney has been pained to watch the Dublin hurlers sink to a level where they have been “laughed at” but the former dual star believes a big-name managerial appointment would soon turn things around.

Dublin claimed historic National League and Leinster Championship titles under Anthony Daly but the revival of the code in the capital hit a wall with Ger Cunningham’s three-year reign when a host of players disappeared from the panel and form dipped.

Some players, like Keaney and Danny Sutcliffe, walked voluntarily. Others were relieved of their duties.