JJ Delaney: Hype of ‘drive for five’ steered Kilkenny off course in 2010

JJ Delaney admits talk of Kilkenny achieving the five in a row sidetracked them in the build-up to the 2010 All-Ireland final against Tipperary.

Speaking frankly on TG4’s Laochra Gael programme dedicated to him which will televised following their live coverage of the Kilkenny-Tipperary Division 1A game on Sunday, Delaney concedes the hype about becoming the first county to achieve the feat had become a nuisance.

“With all the attention Kilkenny were getting before with ‘the drive for five’, it distracted everyone away from it,” he said.