Henry Shefflin will likely leave for Limerick a few hours earlier today, to ensure that he can take in Ballyhale Shamrocks’ game on TV before sending his Galway side out to face the All-Ireland champions this evening.
Shefflin has been involved in each of Ballyhale’s last five All-Ireland titles as either a player or manager but his hurling career is moving in a very different direction now, to such an extent that he won’t be present to see his club’s finest hour potentially, as they chase a historic three-in-a-row in their golden jubilee year.
The game at the TUS Gaelic Grounds is Shefflin’s first of note as Galway manager and high profile League ties like this can throw up something of a dilemma - they can’t be dismissed but shouldn’t be taken too seriously either.
