TJ Reid may not feature at all in the Allianz Hurling League as Derek Lyng looks to protect his prized asset.
Reid, 35, has just come off the back of another lengthy season for club and county as Kilkenny went all the way to last year’s All-Ireland final, losing to Limerick, though he went one better with Ballyhale Shamrocks, winning his sixth club title last month.
New boss Lyng says that he will not be calling on Reid “for the next two or three games” and so Kilkenny may have to reach the knockout stages of the competition if their talisman is to feature before the Championship gets underway in April.
