In theory, Dublin could lose this evening and again in Galway next weekend and still slip into a preliminary quarter-final before dropping out of the Championship almost unnoticed once again. But their ambitions should be so much higher.
The presence of Bruce Springsteen in Croke Park this weekend meant that the Dublin hurlers shifting this evening’s game with Kilkenny was never an option.
READ MORE: GAAGO: The shouty nonsense and political opportunism of critics misses point but scheduling isn’t quite right “Beating a team like Kilkenny, the confidence that brings. We got energy and confidence from that back with our team and there’s a lot of young players on this Dublin squad now. Since that landmark win over Kilkenny 11 years ago, Dublin have lost each of their subsequent eight Championship meetings. Some of them have been close-run affairs, like an absorbing tussle in Parnell Park in the first year of the round robin concept in 2018 or a 2020 Leinster semi-final at a barren Croke Park during the pandemic, both of which were lost by a point.
Although they reached last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final, Clare beat them by 18 points. Tipperary and Limerick tanked them in this year’s League.“It’s hard to put your finger on why it’s the case,” says Corcoran of the regular heavy beatings. “Looking back on the game against Clare last year, it was hugely disappointing.
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