Shefflin confirms what most already knew — he is the greatest ever

He’s long been touted as the greatest of them all but now, there can be no argument.

Yesterday, Henry Shefflin achieved what no other hurler in the history of the game has. A ninth All-Ireland senior hurling success on the field of play. Nine, too, for Noel Hickey but Henry’s graced the pitch for each and every one of his. It’s a remarkable story in more ways than one.

In the quest to secure a place in GAA history Shefflin had two cruciate knee ligament injuries to contend with, one in each knee, the first in 2007, the other three years later.