O’Mahony hails ‘brilliant’ Allen appointment

LIMERICK captain Gavin O’Mahony believes John Allen is the perfect choice to replace Donal O’Grady as senior hurling manager.

Allen’s appointment is set to be ratified by the county board on Tuesday night and O’Mahony is hopeful the All-Ireland winning Corkman will hit the ground running on Shannonside.

“It’s brilliant, it puts the rumours to bed. I’m just glad that the whole thing has not dragged on since Donal (O’Grady) decided not to stay in charge. There were plenty of names flying around and plenty people were asking me what the story was. It’s good we’re sorted now and thepreparations for 2012 can start. I’ve been doing a couple of weeks training work along with Paudie O’Brien, who’s also on the Limerick panel, as we’re doing stuff with his brother Aidan who is a personal trainer. You really need that early bit ofconditioning.