The Shape I'm In: Walter Walsh still fit for purpose

KILKENNY star hurler, Walter Walsh, is in the midst of his final-year exams for agricultural science in UCD.

When I ring on Monday morning as agreed, he apologises, explaining he has an exam in an hour’s time, but promises that at 3pm he’d be “be full of talk”. And, true to his word, he is.

From a farming family, he is the middle of five children, flanked by two brothers and two sisters. Immediate career plans include doing the HDip in education, which would allow him to teach at secondary school. “The farm is an option, but my father is still a young man. I am not going to make my mind up on my future just yet,” says Walter, 21.