We’re in a rebuilding process: Liam Rushe

Liam Rushe says Dublin senior hurlers are “in the middle of a rebuilding process” but is confident the experience gained by the younger members of Ger Cunningham’s squad will stand to them for the challenges ahead.

This year Dublin won both the Leinster minor and under-21 hurling championships for the first time since 2011 and many of that successful U21 side are still fully finding their feet at senior level.

“It’s just a different team, it’s a completely different team coming through,” says Liam.

“The age profile has gone back again to when I first started so it’s just an unfortunate realisation that we’re in the middle of a rebuilding process at the moment.

“Last year was Ger’s (Cunningham) first year and he inherited a panel and this year he put his own stamp on it but there were ten under-21s on the panel, I think four or five of them started and five or six of them featured against Cork so a team that young, it’s going to take a couple of years.

“So this year and last year will stand to a lot of them and hopefully we can bring in a few more,” adds Liam.

“We saw the likes of Chris Bennett this year, in the last game he was showing form, Seán Treacy, it’s just waiting for some of those lads to mature and drive on.

“We’re not a bad team, it’s just a few things went against us."