Tony Kelly has learned a lot since his first and only All-Ireland final win as a 19-year-old in 2013.
He was 19 when he pocketed All-Ireland medals at senior and U21 within a fortnight of each other. Barely a month later, he became the first player ever to win Young Hurler and Hurler of the Year awards in the same season.
“Back then, you’re just a young lad. You’re rolling with it, rolling into Croke Park going, ‘Jesus, this is great’. “It’s more worthwhile in terms of the club put this amount of work into yourself and Paul , it was worthwhile doing. I would say more worthwhile than legacy or validation or anything like that.”
After a quiet first half in the Kilkenny semi-final, he came good in the sprint to the finish line to rattle off three vital points. “I had a fracture in my foot that I thought was the main issue so I rehabbed that, crutches and boot for a couple of months. Got that healed, went back, and still causing me bother. So went back again and it was something else. The consultant went in and cleaned that up and it’s been good, touch wood, since.
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