I’m ready to play every game, says Dean Rock

On the day Dublin destroyed Derry in the 2014 Allianz league final, you’d have got long odds on Dean Rock featuring in their next 60 competitive games.

The son of Dublin legend Barney didn’t kick a ball that day as he recovered from knee surgery and still hadn’t started a league game.

Injuries mainly mitigated against him in those early years and having played for Leinster as far back as 2009, it wasn’t until 2015 that he finally nailed down a jersey.