Paudie O'Brien: 'Joining Kerry was not something I foresaw but it's an opportunity I'm delighted to take'

When Stephen Molumphy got in touch over the summer to know if O'Brien would join his Kerry hurling backroom team as coach/selector, there was no one more surprised than the Kilmallock clubman.

Paudie O'Brien (right) will take his first foray into senior inter-county management.

The call from Stephen Molumphy came from left field.

Paudie O’Brien reckons he hurled against Molumphy once during his inter-county days in green. He didn’t know the Waterford forward and the pair had never spoken.