Conal Keaney decides to concentrate on football

Conal Keaney has quit the Dublin senior hurling squad and has opted to declare exclusively for Paul Caffery's Footballers instead.

Dublin hurling boss Humphrey Kelleher confirmed that the player had indicated his decision earlier this week.

There have as yet been no talks between Kelleher and the new Dublin Football manager Paul Caffery about the status of dual players in the county.

However, Paul Caffery did say today that he had imposed no conditions on Keaney.

Both the Dublin football and hurling teams lost their opening challenge games of the year today against the Blue Stars in Kilbarrick.

The footballers lost by 3-11 to 2-11, while in the hurling challenge the Blue Stars won by 0-17 to 2-05.