Mattie Kenny expects the Dublin hurlers to benefit from the two Walsh Cup games they played in the past week.

While many have questioned the wisdom of playing games in December, the new Dublin hurling boss views it as good preparation for the season ahead.

"These two games, they were good this week, just to break the monotony of the gym," Kenny told the Irish Independent after the Dubs followed up Tuesday night's opening round win over Carlow with a second victory over Offaly yesterday.

"Like a lot of teams, they want to achieve as much as they can. And the preparation in December and January is key to that, for building for the league and building for the championship after that later on next year."

He added: "It was a good honest effort from all the lads. In general they were trying to do the right thing with the ball most of the times and set up some nice scoring opportunities.

"They're the sort of things we're going to be working on going into the New Year."

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