Power and responsibility

IT’S been a fantastic few years for Kilkenny supporters, a decade of unprecedented success with a series of old failures rectified.

Kilkenny had never won an All-Ireland title in a year ending in 0, 6 or 8, a three in-a-row on the field or topped the roll of honour on their own (joined Tipp briefly in 1939, on 12 titles, but were soon overtaken again by Cork, then Tipp).

All that was changed in the first decade of this new century, this new millennium, and one of those responsible was Richie Power, a member of the panel since 2005.