Fennelly won’t be taking part in Cork IT’s county challenge

HE may have claimed his first All-Ireland senior hurling medal on Sunday but Kilkenny attacker Colin Fennelly has no plans to try to add a Cork senior hurling medal to his collection this season.

Fennelly is eligible to line out for third-level outfit Cork IT in Sunday’s Cork SHC semi-final against Newtownshandrum and he is not involved in club action next weekend, with Ballyhale Shamrocks’ next game scheduled for September 17 when they face James Stephens in the Kilkenny senior hurling league final.

Fennelly did feature in the CIT team that reached last March’s Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final but having been absent during their county championship campaign, he does not believe it would be fair to now be parachuted into the squad.