Rigney set for Stephens

FORMER Laois hurling boss Niall Rigney, will be involved with Kilkenny club James Stephens in 2011.

The Portlaoise man said: “Some of the best players who have ever played the game are involved in the Kilkenny championship and I am looking forward to working in it. When the offer came I couldn’t refuse it.”

Rigney will form a three man selection committee with Stephens club members, Adrian Finan, who was a selector with the Kilkenny All-Ireland winning minor team this season, and Fran Whelan.