Ross O'Carroll's decision to quit the Dublin senior hurling panel came as a 'surprise' to manager Ger Cunningham.

The Irish Independent reports that O'Carroll recently informed the management of his decision to concentrate on his club football with Kilmacud Crokes for the foreseeable future and Cunningham admitted: "It did surprise me. We got very little indication that he was thinking that way

"But he is very focused on the club. I was talking to fellas afterwards and it means a lot to him. I think the next game is a knock-out game in Dublin and he said he wanted to focus on that.

"It's disappointing. He has been there since the start of the year.

"The door is always open but if you're pulling out at this time of the year, I would imagine that's the decision made for this year anyway."

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