Our lads showed good character: Mattie Kenny

Dublin hurling manager Mattie Kenny highlighted the display of the Dublin midfield and forwards following Sunday's dramatic HL Division 1B victory over Waterford in Parnell Park.

The high-scoring duel (Dublin 1-26 Waterford 4-15) concluding with Dublin keeper Alan Nolan denying Stephen Bennett's penalty with the last puck of the game.

The Dubs showed great resilience to respond on each occasion to the concession four goals and can now look forward to hosting Laois this coming Sunday in Parnell Park (2.0) with renewed confidence.

Dublin's forward line failed to really spark in the previous game against Galway but last Sunday's display was a different story.

“A lot of the performance to date has been driven by our back six or our back eight,” said Mattie Kenny.

“Today’s victory was driven by our front eight.

“There’s an old saying that goes back for many, many years – goals win matches,” added Mattie.

“And Waterford got their goals there. When you concede four goals, it’s always going to be difficult to win.

“And our lads showed really good character there. Every time they got a goal, our lads went up the field and got a score or two.”