Ger Cunningham was happy with how last night's Walsh Cup clash against DIT panned out.

The Cork man's first competitive game as Dublin senior hurling manager ended in a comfortable 4-20 to 1-12 victory for the team in sky blue and, afterwards, he told RTE Sport: "It's about assessing the various options and experimentation.

"We're looking at different positions. Liam Rushe was at full-forward (last played there in 2012). Peter Kelly started at centre-back. Johnny McCaffrey was moved around.

"These guys can all play hurling. I don't believe players should be pigeonholed into playing in one position. It freshens things up for players and gives the management more options."

Cunningham is hoping some young talent will be able to make the step up to senior inter-county hurling in the months ahead.

"I'm lucky that I have Shay Boland with me. Shay knew a lot of the minors that were around in 2011 and '12.

"A few of those lads were in action tonight. Shane Barrett, Ben Quinn and Cian Boland showed good form in what was their first senior games for Dublin."

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