Shefflin on the verge of medal history

When Henry Shefflin steps once again into the Croke Park arena on Sunday he does so in the sure knowledge that he is on the edge of history.

If Kilkenny win, Shefflin will have secured a record-breaking ninth medal on the field of play and will shatter a record that has stood for almost 60 years.

The inestimable Shefflin, noted for his iron-clad focus before games, is naturally completely aware of the record but has banished it to the deepest recesses of his mind hoping that when the dust settles sometime after 5pm he will have secured his place in history.