DUBLIN MANAGER Dessie Farrell says Jack McCaffrey and Paul Mannion will be returning to the senior football squad next season.
In the other quarter-final, Ballyboden came out on top after a high-scoring 3-15 to 3-10 thriller with Ballinteer St John’s. The pair have been key absentees for the Dubs in recent years after they both opted to step away from inter-county football. “That’ll be a great help to us in terms of the continued development and evolution of the team.
Dublin football manager Dessie Farrell has confirmed that Jack McCaffrey and Paul Mannion will rejoin his panel next year.
Even if they didn't play heavily in the start of the campaign, it's still a stronger bench to have. "If he's willing to get in and add the energy to the group and the same with Jack. "That will be a great help to us in terms of the development and continuous evolution of the team and the squad."
JACK McCaffrey and Paul Mannion will return to the Dublin panel for 2023 in a major boost to Dessie Farrell's teams hopes of reclaiming Sam Maguire.
Mannion, 30 next May, studied for a year in China and missed 2015. McCaffrey, 29 next month, missed Dublin’s All-Ireland win in 2016, spending some of that year in Africa. “The good news is we’ll have Jack McCaffrey and Paul Mannion rejoined the squad next year,” he said, “which is good news in terms of the development and continued evolution of the team and the squad.”
Kilmacud Crokes star Mannion hasn't played for the Blues since he was a substitute in the six-in-a-row clinching All-Ireland final win over Mayo. A three-time ...
A three-time All-Star, 29-year-old has been in scintillating form for his club ever since. McCaffrey, meanwhile, did not feature in Clontarf’s senior relegation defeat to Raheny on Sunday but acted as a water carrier. There is growing speculation Paul Mannion and Jack McCaffrey are to return to the Dublin senior football set-up.
The Dublin footballers have received a significant boost with the news that Jack McCaffrey and Paul Mannion will be rejoining the panel for 2023.
"Good news is we'll have Jack McCaffrey and Paul Mannion rejoining the squad next year as well. Clontarf clubman McCaffrey, 28, was named Footballer of the Year in 2015. "We've had a lot of new players come into the squad over the last two years.
Dessie Farrell has confirmed that both Paul Mannion and Jack McCaffrey will re-join the Dublin senior football panel for the 2023 season.
I've told them that I do appreciate that, and if a time comes when I would like to go back, and do get that urge again, that would be great." Dessie Farrell has confirmed that both Paul Mannion and Jack McCaffrey will re-join the Dublin senior football panel for the 2023 season. I'm happy enough just focusing on the club.
Farrell said the duo's return will be 'a great help to the development and continuous evolution of the squad.'
The pair decided to retire from matters with Dublin in 2020 but will now return to the panel. Mannion a three-time All-Star forward Mannion (29) and 2015 ...
Even if they didn't play heavily in the start of the campaign, it's still a stronger bench to have. "If he's willing to get in and add the energy to the group and the same with Jack. "That will be a great help to us in terms of the development and continuous evolution of the team and the squad."