Ciaran Kilkenny was among several Dublin players who impressed in their victory over Derry
Whatever you might care to level at Dublin this season, you couldn’t rightly accuse them of ignoring their own deficiencies, of failing to adhere to great modern sporting cliches: ‘win or learn’.
After they were wiped on their own kick-outs against Meath in Portlaoise, they went 80pc on Stephen Cluxton’s restarts against the wind in Salthill.