Newtownshandrum stalwart James Bowles: ‘It’s 11 years since we won a county... that’s what I want’

Newtownshandrum pair James Bowles and Jerry O'Mahony are the only current senior hurlers in Cork with an All-Ireland club SHC medal

FAMILY FIRST: James Bowles pictured at Newtownshandrum’s pitch this week with his girls Sophie, aged 4, and Lilyella, aged 6. Bowles is the only current senior hurler in Cork with an All-Ireland club SHC medal. Picture: Brian Arthur

James Bowles thinks the interview request is a wind-up. He may be the elder statesman of the Newtownshandrum panel.

Along with club-mate Jerry O’Mahony, he may be the only current senior hurler in Cork with an All-Ireland club SHC medal. But in this dressing room that doesn’t mean he can’t be got.