Liam Rushe yet to make decision on Dublin future

After four years away from inter-county hurling, Liam Rushe made his return this season for Dublin.

A return which was in the making for some time, Rushe admitted to enjoying it more than he expected, as Dublin's season came to an end against Clare last weekend in the quarter-finals.

A season which showed a lot of promise, with wins over Kilkenny and Galway in the Leinster championship, it was another season, when two of the best teams in the country, Galway and Clare, inflicted heavy defeats.

Rushe was part of the last Dublin team to win a Leinster championship in 2013, and is confident this Dublin side is making progress.

“Absolutely, you've just got to keep coming back. You know, the progress is not going to be linear. It'll be in fits and starts.

“We had some huge wins last year, and I really felt like we’d tightened things up this year and were competitive in most games.

“Sadly, we saved our two worst performances for last, really.

“I just think if the team continues to progress, that there's definitely success in the near future.”

The quarter-final defeat against Clare showed how clinical the best teams are, with Dublin missing goal chances that eneded up costing them, as the Na Fianna man admitted that is the difference between Dublin and the best sides.

"I think there's just that clinical aspect to their play.

"Definitely, Galway in the Leinster final were a bit more clinical than we were, and the same again with Clare, they just took their chances. We made a hero of Eibhear Quilligan instead. That's it, really."

The game was remembered by a horrific injury to David Reidy, who was knocked out cold by a head-high challenge from Dublin's Brendan Kenny.

Kenny was sent off, with tensions boiling over following the