ADRIAN MULLEN HAS been officially nominated as the new Kilkenny senior hurling captain for the 2021 season.
His club Ballyhale Shamrocks confirmed the decision this afternoon with Richie Reid their choice to be vice-captain.
Kilkenny still operate under the system whereby club champions nominate the captain for the following season.
We are delighted to nominate Adrian Mullen as @KilkennyCLG Captain for 2021 and Richie Reid as Vice Captain for 2021 season.
— Shamrocks (@BallyhaleGAA) February 20, 2021
The Shamrocks completed three-in-a-row in Kilkenny last September and achieved that without the attacking talents of Mullen who missed the 2020 campaign after tearing his cruciate in action for Kilkenny in a league game against Clare last February.
The 21-year-old has starred at club level over the past two seasons in their All-Ireland senior wins, firing 0-5 against St Thomas in the 2019 final and grabbing 0-2 against Borris-Ileigh in the 2020 decider. He continued that good form with Brian Cody’s senior side in his breakthrough championship in 2019 when he won the Young Hurler of the Year award.
Mullen will become the 13th player from his club to captain the Kilkenny senior hurlers while there have been six since 2007 alone in Henry Shefflin, James ‘Cha’ Fitzpatrick, Michael Fennelly, TJ Reid, Joey Holden and Colin Fennelly.
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There’s third world country’s that have better stadiums than we have … (outside Dublin) .. disgrace
@John McK: quantity over quality
@John McK: just because you say it doesn’t make it true. There’s no third world countries with similar populations that have a stadium like Semple Stadium in a town of the size of Thurles.
It’s hard to think that €10 m on Semple would be anything other than a cosmetic patch up. And the stadium is still in Thurles!! On the other hand, the same amount spent on rebuilding the Mackie stand in Limerick would leave Munster with two stadia capable of hosting finals and other major events in cities with decent connections.
They could spend 10m bulldozing the whole town, kip.
Having been at the Munster hurling final last year, I thought the toilets in the Kinnane stand were the most shambolic crush I have ever experienced. Tiny toilet, huge stand and lots of people absolutely wasted. A recipe for disaster.