Ciarán Carey: If Leicester can do it, so can Kerry hurlers

If Leicester City can do it, why not the Kerry hurlers, or so goes Ciarán Carey’s train of thought ahead of the county’s Division 1B opener this weekend.

The Kingdom hurlers are newcomers to the league’s second tier, having defied all odds when overcoming Westmeath and Antrim on successive weekends last spring to secure promotion to Division 1B.

So, instead of the familiar February and March sojourns to Mullingar, Aughrim and Carlow town, the Kerry hurlers are headed for Portlaoise, Ennis and St Brendan’s Park, Birr in the weeks ahead. As Carey puts it, the difference in class will be as clear as “night and day”.