Shefflin not going Down Under

KILKENNY hurling fans can rest easy - Henry Shefflin has no intention of abdicating.

Speculation that he is ready to pack everything in and head off to Australia next year is not more than that - just gossip. And, it has him bemused.

The story has no foundation, he stated yesterday. Shefflin, acknowledged as one of the game’s most accomplished scoring forwards of the modern era, insisted: