Shefflin: Ballyhale experience has helped me transition into inter-county management

Shefflin stepped down after managing Ballyhale to successive All-Ireland club titles in 2019 and 2020 and after a season with Kilkenny intermediate side Thomastown, he was the shock appointment by Galway last October to replace Shane O’Neill.

CLUB LEADS TO COUNTY: Galway manager Henry Shefflin. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Henry Shefflin said that guiding his native Ballyhale Shamrocks to successive All-Ireland club titles provided great experience when he stepped up to his first inter-county job as Galway manager late last year.

Shefflin, who retired from inter-county hurling in 2015, said that the Ballyhale campaigns gave him a good insight to doing video analysis on opponents and also preparing him for some of the huge demands placed on managers.