I was corner-forward against Glynn-Barntown and I tried to hook Tommy Kehoe but my hand got caught between the hurleys. Aidan O’Connor, our physio (and my best man), said ‘It’s not great.’ The bone was coming out through the skin. But when that switches and he’s in charge of the hurley, hurling takes over his life. I was in Randall’s recently and they have replicas of old hurleys, and the difference in the hurley is very noticeable. Brian Whelehan was an amazing player not just in his reading of the game but with his hands.

Source: Irish Examiner July 23, 2020 13:24 UTC