DEREK LYNG HAS been ratified as the new Kilkenny senior hurling manager this evening on a three-year term.
The appointment comes 12 days after Brian Cody had called time on his legendary reign as Kilkenny hurling boss that yielded 11 All-Ireland senior hurling final wins.
Lyng’s selectors and backroom team will be confirmed later with the news announced in a Kilkenny GAA statement that he was ratified at tonight’s county board meeting.
A regular midfielder as a player during Cody’s time in charge, Lyng won six All-Ireland senior medals before he retired in late 2010 having battled a hip injury. The Emeralds clubman was an All-Star winner in 2002 and 2003, while he was part of nine Leinster senior hurling triumphs with Kilkenny.
He served as a selector for Kilkenny alongside Cody between 2014 and 2019, part of the management team for the All-Ireland senior title wins in 2014 and 2015. Earlier this summer Lyng was the manager as Kilkenny claimed glory in the All-Ireland U20 hurling final by a point against Limerick in Semple Stadium.
Lyng’s new role creates a vacancy at U20 level that the Kilkenny county board will now begin the process of filling. They also announced tonight that Niall Bergin has been ratified as the county’s new U17 manager.
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Great to see a young talent like that coming through on the international scene, hopefully he goes from strength to strength and bring a few more along with him, they’re few and far between at the minute unfortunately
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Sit back and imagine being Declan Rice’s dad. Your two parents are Irish and you want to rear a kid who acknowledges how brilliant Ireland is. Produce this? Dream world stuff.
This boy is a legend. He’s third generation and he’s damn proud. In the days when we see Grealish itching for a. If money move, we ought to sit back and revel in this kid and his incredible potential. I always thought Grealish had the choice between being our hero and being tabloid fodder in England. Declan Rice knows which is better. All hail Rice.
According his boss these games are warm ups for his England call up