Tipp duo poised to take over in Kerry

Tipperary natives Eamonn Kelly and Brian Horgan are in pole position to lead the Kerry senior hurlers in 2014.

The duo have been recommended as a management team by a sub-committee of the Kerry County Board for the positions of manager and coach respectively. The managerial positions were suddenly vacated last month by former manager Tom Howard and his backroom team. The names of Kelly and Horgan will now go before the next meeting of the Kerry County Committee on Monday, January 27. If ratified at that meeting the duo’s selectors and backroom team will also be announced on the same night.

This means that, officially, the Kerry senior hurlers will start their 2014 inter-county campaign without a management team. However, it is believed that Kelly and Horgan will have an input into the team’s affairs prior to the county board meeting. The Kerry hurlers’ year is due to begin on Sunday, January 19, in the Waterford Crystal Cup against LIT or Tipperary at Austin Stack Park, Tralee.