Kilkenny's Richie Power: The Cat who had it all
After years of being one of the lieutenants, of being just another member — however outrageously gifted — of the supporting cast, Richie Power finally came into his kingdom in the month of September 2014. Had there been no Power, there would have been no All-Ireland for Kilkenny. Had there been no Power, they might well not have made it past Limerick amid the semi-final’s biblical downpour.
But Power’s technical virtuosity allowed him connect on the meat with a sodden ball in a rainstorm to score the game-breaking goal, and it was his three green flags over the course of the two finals against Tipperary that dragged his team across the line. With just 160 minutes of championship action that summer, it prevented him winning an All Star. Some sort of award for services rendered above and beyond the call of duty ought to have been invented and bestowed, however.
