Richie Leahy: ‘That’s the dream, to play week on week’

Kilkenny youngster Richie Leahy is looking forward to this year’s new championship format, saying “that’s the dream, to play week on week”.

The Rower-Inistioge man won a league title with the Cats this spring, building on an impressive 2017 for him. That’s parked now, however: “I suppose it was nice to get the win out of the League, we’re happy enough with that. What else can you do, just go out and win the games, we’re not going out to lose them.

“As a young fella all you want to do is play games no matter what way it is. Being able to play with the U21s for Kilkenny is just a bonus and then being able to play U21 with the senior is just greater than anything. Last year was a good year but we didn’t win anything that we wanted to win so in that sense it was a poor year as well if you get me.