Taking the Kingdom on to the next level

FOR John Meyler, this afternoon’s Christy Ring Cup final date with Wicklow is a first step. Winning it would be a means to an end.

Sat, 04 Jun, 2011 - 01:00

Christy Ring final: Kerry v Wicklow Today, Croke Park, 2pm Mortimer Murphy

“It would mean we would be back in September to start training for next year’s Munster Senior Hurling Championship and looking forward to travelling to Semple Stadium to play Tipperary next May.”

He is half joking with the second part of that, but the Wexford native has lofty ambitions for Kerry hurling. After all, Meyler was at the helm on that famous day back in 1993 when Kerry shocked the hurling world by beating Waterford in the Munster SHC.