List of Dublin senior hurling team captains

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This article lists players who have captained the Dublin county hurling team in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC).

List of captains

YearPlayerClubNational titlesProvincial titles
1996John TwomeyErins Isle
1997 Conor McCann Faughs
1998 Conor McCann Faughs
1999 Sean Power Commercials
2000 Sean Power Commercials
2003 David Sweeney Ballyboden St Enda's
2004 Kevin Flynn O'Tooles
2005 David Curtin Ballyboden St Enda's
2006 Philip Brennan O'Tooles
2007 Philip Brennan O'Tooles
2008 Stephen Hiney Ballyboden St Enda's [1]
2009 Stephen Hiney Ballyboden St Enda's
2010 Stephen Hiney Ballyboden St Enda's [2]
2011 John McCaffrey Lucan Sarsfields Leinster SHC-winning captain [3]
2012 John McCaffrey Lucan Sarsfields
2013 John McCaffrey Lucan Sarsfields
2014 John McCaffrey Lucan Sarsfields
2015 Liam Rushe St Patrick's, Palmerstown
2016 Liam Rushe St Patrick's, Palmerstown
2017 Liam Rushe St Patrick's, Palmerstown
2018 Chris Crummey Lucan Sarsfields
2019 Seán Moran Cuala
2020 Danny Sutcliffe St Jude's [4]
2021 Danny Sutcliffe St Jude's
2022 Eoghan O'Donnell Whitehall Colmcille [5]

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References

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