Keane ready for Rocky road ahead

FORMER Limerick manager David Keane is to take over as coach to the Blackrock hurlers in Cork - succeeding Tom Cashman, with whom he won an All-Ireland minor medal in 1974.

He managed Limerick when they won three All-Ireland Under-21 titles in a row and took over the senior team for a season.

Previously involved with Adare, where he lives, he coached Éire Óg, Nenagh last year.