Kelly may quit after son verbally abused

WATERFORD sharpshooter Eoin Kelly is considering retirement from the inter-county game after his young son was verbally abused by Déise fans following Sunday’s All-Ireland SHCsemi-final.

In the aftermath of the game, which Tipperary won 3-19 to 1-18, Kelly’s wife and four-year-old son were confronted by Waterford supporters outside the Jury’s Croke Park Hotel.

According to Kelly one of them verbally abused the little boy about his father’s performance. Yesterday the boy was reported to be still distressed by the experience and his father Eoin, who captained Waterford in 2005, said he was considering whether it was “worth it” to play inter-county hurling.