Championship 2014: Dublin

Manager: Anthony Daly (sixth year).Titles: Leinster 24 (holders), All-Ireland 6 (1938). 2014 league: 5th Division One A and won relegation play-off against Waterford.Odds and ends: All-Ireland 15 /2 and Leinster 9/4.Bookies say: Leinster finalists and All-Ireland quarter-finalists.What bookies said in 2013: Leinster semi-final and qualifiers Phase II.2013 championship: Leinster champions, lost All-Ireland semi-final to Cork 1-19 to 1-24.First outing: Leinster semi-final v Wexford or round-robin winner, June 14th.

Dublin’s Alan McCrabbe with Brian Hogan and Paul Murphy of Kilkenny
Dublin’s Alan McCrabbe with Brian Hogan and Paul Murphy of Kilkenny

Was last year’s Leinster a watershed or a destination? Held on to their regained top-flight status and in the flashing engagements of the league registered a couple of good wins but also a couple of dismal defeats. The team hasn’t shown much radical change in recent years and needs some new talent to improve and refresh after the impressive breakthroughs of recent years.


Last good day: Winning Leinster last year for the first time since 1961.