Bennis happy he answered the call

RICHIE BENNIS smiles when recalling the moment last summer when he became Limerick hurling manager almost by accident.

It wasn’t that he never entertained thoughts about coaching the county, or wasn’t prepared to put something back into the game which made him a hero in the seventies when he was one of the leading lights in their last Liam McCarthy Cup success.

It was more a case of answering the call when the board came knocking on his door.