Gavan Casey

They only sneaked into the playoffs in the end but that was because of a slow start to the season.

Their turnaround under Stuart Lancaster has been extraordinary over the last few months and they'll go there with beliefs.

So, let's see.

Yeah, and it's an intriguing game in that they face a loud team that they already beat in that Leinster Championship at the semi-final stage.

And equally because Dublin manager Gerard Brennan managed loud last season to a Leinster title in his own right.

Now, obviously, Brennan is suspended at the moment due to an altercation with one of the Galway backroom team in a league game back in March.

It's a 12-week suspension and...

Just to put it into context for people, it's not just a suspension from the touchline on match day.

A managerial suspension in the GAA kind of means you're not really meant to be involved with the team at all, or at least you're not even meant to be at training, etc.

Now he'll still obviously have some input from off the field in terms of analytical things, and he'll have so much intellectual property on those loud players as well.

Big boost for Dublin is that Conor Callaghan is back in.

He hasn't featured since the Leinster quarterfinal against Wicklow.

He's obviously still very much the talisman in what has been a

struggling team so you'd expect Dublin to get this job done and yet for all I've said about Dublin knowing plenty about Louth I mean Louth have had that sample of facing Dublin in recent weeks as well so they'll have plenty to put right They know there's blood in the water they're not going to let this one slide easily Gavin Casey sports writer with the 42.ie thanks for talking us through the weekend plenty there to keep us occupied