Anthony Daly: John Kiely’s honesty, Limerick’s response and why banning the handpass won’t fix hurling
A weekend of hurling revealed maturity, intensity and controversy — with John Kiely’s words setting the tone across the league
Waterford's Shane Bennett gets his handpass away as he tries to avoid the challenge of Offaly's Colin Spain during their Allianz National Hurling League Division 1A clash at Azzurri Walsh Park. Photos: INPHO
Two‑time All‑Ireland–winning captain and former Dublin and Clare manager, Anthony Daly, is a much-respected pundit and columnist as well as ringmaster in chief on the hugely-popular Dalo’s Hurling Show.
Ben O’Connor has given a whole new dimension to a modern inter-county manager speaking his mind after matches, but I thought John Kiely’s post-match interview on TG4 yesterday was refreshingly frank and honest.
None of it was revealing or massively instructive but it smacked of common sense and the responsibility John expects his players to take.
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