Eoin Murphy on Shefflin: 'It's a great gig for him, the amount of good hurlers they have up there'

Murphy appreciates that Shefflin wants to make a name for himself at inter-county management level

Avonmore Protein Milk are teaming up with Dublin footballer Brian Fenton and Kilkenny hurler Eoin Murphy, to launch the new Avonmore Pro-Oats product. Fenton and Murphy who have nine All-Ireland Championship medals between them were representing the Gaelic Players Association, of whom along with the GAA, Avonmore Protein Milk are a long-standing supporter. In attendance at the launch is Kilkenny hurler Eoin Murphy at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Kilkenny goalkeeper Eoin Murphy admits it will be “weird” coming up against Henry Shefflin in next year’s Leinster senior championship.

However, he believes it will be “much worse” for the new Galway manager’s Ballyhale Shamrocks’s club-mates on the Kilkenny panel.