Joey Holden: Ballyhale Shamrocks embraced four-in-a-row talk

Ballyhale Shamrocks’ Joey Holden in action against Owen Wall of O’Loughlin Gaels. Picture: INPHO/Ken Sutton

Ballyhale Shamrocks’s veteran Joey Holden has revealed the players were highly motivated by completing the four-in a row coming into Sunday’s Kilkenny SHC final victory over O’Loughlin Gaels.

The club’s second such feat, Holden spoke of how it had been highlighted in chats in the run-up to the game. “In the last two weeks, since we got to the county final, we didn’t shy away from the fact that we were going for four in a row. We used it as a determination.