Egan is eager for Kingdom upgrade

John Egan leads the Kerry hurling team by example and the captain is one of their best and most experienced players.

Tomorrow they face hot favourites Carlow in a game that’s custom-made for his attributes at the venue made for any hurler of any ambition. Unfortunately for John, however, injury has intervened.

“It happened on March 1,” he said. “We were playing with Tralee IT in the Ryan Cup in Belfast against Trinity. It was the first few minutes, I broke a bone in my arm, a six-week injury so this comes a week too soon.