Anthony Daly’s Dublin side have moved to the top of lead the Division one standing’s after a 3-14 to 2-10 win over Wexford.
Davy Fitzgerald also responded to the possibility of a 12 week side line ban by leading his Waterford side to a one point win over Cork to move the Munster champions up to 4th.
Kilkenny have suffered their first defeat of the 2011 Allianz Hurling League after Galway produced a stirring fight-back to beat the Cats by four points in Salthill.
Tipperary beat Offaly by 1-15 to 10 points thanks to Gearoid Ryan’s goal.
In Division Two, Limerick continued their impressive unbeaten run after beating Laois by 1-18 to 16 points and Antrim defeated Carlow by a single point.