McCaffrey and Kelly cut from Dublin hurling panel
November 07, 2016
Left, Johnny McCaffrey and right, Peter Kelly both in action for Dublin.
Former captain Johnny McCaffrey and 2013 All Star full back Peter Kelly are among seven players who have been dropped from Ger Cunningham's Dublin hurling panel.
Daire Plunkett, Niall Corcoran, Glenn Whelan and Paul Ryan have also been shown the door as the legendary Cork goalkeeper wields the axe. Shane Durkin won't be involved in 2017 either after opting out. Another former All Star, Danny Sutcliffe, is also set to continue his exile amid reports that he's planning to travel aboard next year.
The 38-man provisional panel named includes three members of this year's Leinster U21 winning team, Jake Malone, Eoghan Conroy and Jonathan Tracey, and Leinster winning minors Cian O'Sullivan, Donal Burke and Paddy Smyth.
Cunningham told the Dublin GAA website: "It is largely a young squad but, along with our aims of continuing to try and make Dublin hurling successful in the short-term, one of our key aims is building a solid foundation for the future. With this young squad, and with Dublin winning Leinster minor and U21 titles this year, we feel we can develop and grow the potential within Dublin hurling.
"To the players not named on the provisional panel we would like to thank them for their massive commitment to Dublin hurling. Their service was outstanding."
The panel is as follows:
Shane Barrett - Na Fianna
Chris Bennett - Faughs
Cian Boland - St Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh
Donal Burke - Na Fianna
Tom Connolly - St Vincent's
Eoghan Conroy - St Maurs
Chris Crummey - Lucan Sarsfields
Conor Dooley - Ballyboden St Enda's
Eamon Dillon - Naomh Fionnbarra
Oisin Gough - Cuala
James Madden - Ballyboden St Enda's
Gary Maguire - Ballyboden St Enda's
Canice Maher - St Jude's
Jake Malone - Cuala
Sean Moran - Cuala
Rian McBride - St Vincent's
Cian Mac Gabhann - Kilmacud Crokes
Fiontan McGibb - Setanta
Sean McGrath - Kilmacud Crokes
Niall McMorrow - Ballyboden St Enda's
Cian O'Callaghan - Cuala
David O'Callaghan - Ballyboden St Enda's
Darragh O'Connell - Cuala
Eoghan O'Donnell - Whitehall Colmcille
Ryan O'Dwyer - Kilmacud Crokes
Oisin O'Rorke - Kilmacud Crokes
Fionn O'Riain-Broin - St Jude's
Cian O'Sullivan - St Brigid's
Alex Quinn - Crumlin
Ben Quinn - Crumlin
Liam Rushe - St Pat's
Mark Schutte - Cuala
Paul Schutte - Cuala
Paddy Smyth - Clontarf
David Treacy - Cuala
Jonathan Treacy - Na Fianna
Ronan Walsh - Kilmacud Crokes
Fergal Whitely - Kilmacud Crokes
