Leading from the front

THE Mount Sion conveyor belt hasn’t stopped yet. Waterford captain Eoin Kelly is the latest ‘Monastery’ man to lead the county’s hurlers. He spoke to Michael Moynihan.

Leading from the front
Sat, 12 Mar, 2005 - 00:00

THE 21st century has been good to Eoin Kelly. Two Munster championship medals and an Allstar award in his 2002 debut season, and now the wing-forward wears the captain’s armband for 2005, a season Waterford approach as Munster champions.

It’s not all about loading the mantelpiece with silverware, however. Two seasons ago, that Allstar statuette was a millstone.

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