DUBLIN HAVE BEEN dealt another setback with the news that Danny Sutcliffe will not be fit for Saturday’s Leinster SHC semi-final against Wexford.
Dubs boss Anthony Daly had already been planning without first-choice goalkeeper Gary Maguire for the Championship opener in Wexford Park (7pm) as he recovers from a fractured thumb.
Now Sutcliffe, who was one of Dublin’s standout performers in the league campaign, has been ruled out following surgery on a hand injury.
There is a major question mark too over the fitness of All-Star defender Liam Rushe (hamstring) while David Treacy is battling a quad injury.