On track for six Kilkenny titles in a row, Ballyhale Shamrocks have shown their vulnerability this season.
Right now across several counties in all codes, we are looking at the rise of the superclub.Going for their sixth consecutive county championship in Kilkenny – the Tom Walsh Cup – it’s nonetheless been a funny year for them domestically after their All-Ireland triumph in January.
You have to find an angle nonetheless. This Sunday they have a chancing of downing the third consecutive city team on the trot. They scraped by Dicksboro in the quarter-final 1-20 to 0-21 before blitzing James Stephens 5-19 to 0-14 in the semi final. “They will be very familiar with each other. There’s no secret. We have huge respect for them but there’s no belief that they are invincible or anything like that.”
The noises coming out of Clonlara after their 15-year wait for a Clare hurling championship ended last weekend was the difference brought by the introduction of performance psychologist Nollaig O’Sullivan. “Having hurled with some of them and knowing all of them from a young age growing up. From that perspective you want to feel you are connecting with the lads. Having real conversations with them, being genuine with them so that they feel they can speak to you openly if there is any stuff going on in the background that you are not necessarily aware of.”James Crombie / INPHO Brian Hogan lifts the Tom Walsh Cup.
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