Power has no plans to join Kilkenny hurling exodus

Richie Power has no intention of joining some of his erstwhile Kilkenny teammates in self-imposed retirement, but the Carrickshock forward knows all too well the sacrifices needed to hang on to the inter-county merry-go-round.

It’s four years since he made the short journey to Whitfield Clinic in Waterford to seek a specialist’s opinion on a hip injury picked up on the way to All-Ireland glory the September before, and one which left him unable to so much as bend down to pick up a sliotar.

He was soon under the knife.