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LEE CHIN has confirmed he will go again with Wexford’s hurlers in 2026.

The Faythe Harriers man scored 3-56 for Keith Rossiter’s men this summer but the Leinster round-robin defeat to Dublin ultimately saw them fail to progress to the knockouts on the head-to-head rule.

Chin, who made his SHC debut for the Models in 2013, turns 33 in October.

Wexford lost stalwarts Matthew O’Hanlon, Diarmuid O’Keeffe and Liam Óg McGovern to retirement ahead of this year’s campaign but their star man is going nowhere.

The 2019 Leinster SHC winner said: “I’m sitting off in Portugal here now looking out at a golf course and a few lads putting on a green across from me and it looks very appetising.

“But hey, look, I do plan to go back next year, yes, and at this stage in my career, I’ll just take it year by year.

“I was happy how this year went for me, how the body was and how the mind was, so, yeah.

“Wexford will be there. It was there before I was there and it’ll be there long after I’m gone.

“I still want to be there to help the cause.

“I want to be there to try and win, I want to feel that success again like we did in 2019.”

Chin knows Wexford are in transition but is confident they can rise again if young blood has an impact and older heads stick around for the cause.

He added: “We’re in a position where we need to unearth some young players but we need to hold on to what we have also.

“We’ve had a lot of retirements over the last couple of years. I suppose with guys finishing up, we’re in some form of a transition.

“At the start of my career, I came into a panel where Wexford were probably in transition. It’s looking similar.

“You’d be hoping that everyone will stay together and try and drive the thing on.

“Every team is looking for young lads. That’s the key to success in any county that’s winning. It’s the young lads that are coming through and keeping the competition and the standards high.

“At the moment, we need more young lads putting their hand up in Wexford. And they’re there, we just need to give them opportunities.”

DUBLIN hero Conor Burke reckons they will need to find another gear to oust Cork from pole position in the race to land Liam MacCarthy.

The bookies fancy the Rebels for All-Ireland SHC glory after the Dubs dumped previous favourites Limerick out of the Championship.

That stunning quarter-final victory over John Kiely’s side was hailed in many quarters as the biggest shock in the history of hurling.

Burke delivered a man-of-the-match performance as Dublin defied the first-half dismissal of captain Chris Crummey to advance to a first All-Ireland semi- final in 12 years.

Reflecting on the two-point defeat of Limerick, Burke said: “I think there’s good confidence in the group and there was a sense of momentum building, so everyone was delighted.

“Obviously we went into it with the expectation that we’d be able to cause an upset.

“Saturday is going to be a step up again. Cork are the in-form team. They’re the league champions, Munster champions and they’re obviously the team to beat right now.

“So we’re under no illusions that we need to bring it up a gear and up a step if we want to beat them.”

Not since 1961 have Dublin contested an All-Ireland senior hurling final.

But an even longer gap must be bridged if they are to end the wait to reach the season’s showpiece fixture — it has been 98 years since the Dubs tasted a Championship victory over Cork.

Burke also took home the man-of-the-match prize after the teams met in last summer’s All-Ireland quarter-final.

But Dublin’s accuracy deserted them on a day when the Leesiders emerged 0-26 to 0-21 winners in Thurles.

The St Vincent’s midfielder recalled: “I suppose there was a sense of missed opportunity. It was our shooting efficiency that let us down.

“I wouldn’t pinpoint it on maybe just one individual. I think I myself had a 50 per cent conversion. I scored four points and I missed four.

“So even from that side of things, it wasn’t just one person who missed shots that maybe they should have scored or whatever the case might be.

“I think that performance will give you confidence that you’re able to compete and kind of push them as far as we did even last year.”

SKY BLUE BOSS

For Dublin, the five-point loss to Cork turned out to be Micheál Donoghue’s last match in charge. His departure just over six weeks later was seen as a major blow.

However, by guiding his side to a seismic win over a team that won five of the last seven All-Irelands, successor Niall Ó Ceallacháin has already justified his appointment.

All-Star nominee Burke said: “Nelly is brilliant. He’s a great manager, really well organised. He has a brilliant team of Dublin clubmen behind him.

“He’s brought that great team with him but there’s a great sense of unity there within the team.

“Everybody’s playing for him as our leader from Dublin. He’s leading the way and everybody’s kind of got behind him and put the shoulder to the wheel and is really pushing hard.”

Ó Ceallacháin was a thorn in Burke’s side last October when the current Dublin gaffer steered Na Fianna to a county semi-final win over Vincent’s after extra-time.

Aside from Pat Gilroy’s brief stint in the hotseat in 2017, Ó Ceallacháin — who also led the Mobhi Road club to All-Ireland success last January — is the first Dub to manage the Sky Blues since the 2008 exit of Tommy Naughton.

Asked about the importance of having one of their own at the helm, Burke said: “I think there’s a lot of personal connection with Nelly there.

“The Na Fianna lads have been playing under him for a number of years and they know him really well. He knows the club scene really well.

“But I think there’s a sense of unity to get behind him and the others on the management team, who are Dublin-based as well, to put the shoulder to the wheel and really believe in what they’re trying to do and get behind it.”

The last piece of major silverware claimed by Dublin came in 2013 when they were crowned Leinster champions. An All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Cork was to follow.

But Sky Blues fans will hope a long-awaited dose of revenge is dished out at Croke Park on Saturday.

Burke said: “There’s obviously resilience in the panel and lots of hunger, most importantly. I think that’s why we keep coming back — we want silverware.

“There’s not many in the panel that were on the last Dublin team that tasted silverware, so I think there’s hunger to keep coming back and I think that’s coupled then with belief.

“There’s a lot of belief that there’s huge talent in the dressing room and that if we can bring the levels of performance that we know we’re capable of, we can put it up to any team on any given day.”

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DENIS LEAMY has told Ireland players to keep their focus and not be distracted by the Lions.

With 15 players and a raft of coaches away with Andy Farrell in Australia, there is a second-string feel to the Ireland squad which will travel to Tbilisi today.

There are 13 uncapped players in the squad of 33 which will take on Georgia on Saturday before facing Portugal in Lisbon a week later.

Although Craig Casey was overlooked by Andy Farrell when Tomos Williams was ruled out of the Lions Tour through injury, he – and others – may still harbour hopes of a late call-up.

And Leamy said: “I lean on my own experience a little bit with that, being on tours in 2009 when you’re on standby for the Lions.

“And it is a challenge, but you have to keep your mind on the job that’s in front of you and you have to be very conscious of being as good as you can be in that space.

“Obviously, you’re watching what’s going on in Australia if there’s an injury or an opportunity coming.

“But the boys will be very good around that. Their focus will be Ireland and whatever happens after that will happen.”

Ulster prop Scott Wilson has been added to the squad with Leamy believing there is a real opportunity for some players such as Gavin Coombes – who might be frustrated by their international progress to date – to advance their claims.

Leamy said: “He’s turned up, he’s looking fit, he’s looking hungry the last few days. I think he’s applied himself really well, he’s been really good in training. 

“Gavin has been in and out of Irish squads over the last couple of years. The times he’s been left out, he’s understood the reasons why and they have been very fair.

“Gavin has gone away and worked hard on those parts of the games. Hopefully, if selected, he can go and apply that and put his best foot forward.

“He’s worked great between 22 and 22. His ability to make yards in open play, his ability to clock up big numbers in his tackles, his rucks and the fundamentals around his basic play and as a no 8 around the base of the scrum.

“He’s learning and improving that all the time. That’s why he’s back in this environment.”

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