‘There were tears in the room’ when Richie Power was told his playing days were over
The minutes apply to the total amount of competitive hurling he played with the county last year. They came in no less than an All-Ireland final as he picked up his eighth Celtic Cross medal, a substitute’s cameo which Brian Cody applauded given only sheer grit and prayer saw Power tog out that day.
Bu Power, officially retired from inter-county activities almost two months, wonders had he taken 12 months out last year he might not now be resigned to watching Kilkenny from the sidelines as he did with his son Rory in Walsh Park last month.
