RTÉ Sport Online Journalist
The Dublin hurlers will struggle to progress unless they get their key men back into their customary positions, according to former Sky Blue Joey Boland.
The 2013 Leinster champion has seen his county men struggle in recent seasons to come anywhere close to matching their silverware winning exploits (they also added a league title in 2013) under Anthony Daly.
Last year, Mattie Kenny s second in charge, saw the men from the capital mount a remarkable second-half comeback against Kilkenny, but they fell just short of downing the Cats in Leinster.
What preceded it was a demolition of Laois, what followed was a tame display in a qualifier defeat to Cork.