Delaney: Door will never be closed on ‘Cha’

KILKENNY defender JJ Delaney has insisted the door will never be closed to James ‘Cha’ Fitzpatrick should the midfielder reverse last week’s decision to retire from inter-county hurling.

The Ballyhale Shamrocks player last week called time on an honour-laden career having failed to break back into the first 15 after an extended period out through illness.

Fitzpatrick, 26, has dismissed speculation linking him to a move to Dublin where he works and that declaration came as far less of a surprise to Delaney than the news of his former colleague’s exit from Brian Cody’s squad.