Five-goal Ballyhale Shamrocks use 'hurt' to cruise to Kilkenny SHC treble

Early salvo puts Ballyhale men on march to an 18th Tom Walsh Cup

Ballyhale Shamrocks captain Richie Ried is lifted up by his teammates following their Kilkenny SHC final victory over Dicksboro at Nowlan Park. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

SHAMROCKS 5-19 DICKSBORO 1-10

No Leinster or All-Ireland titles for Shamrocks to chase and on the basis of this massacre the majority of county champions around the country will be thinking just as well.