Chris Bolger will face many friends and family members when he represents Kilkenny against Carlow in Wednesday's Leinster U21 HC semi-final.

The Clara native spent a few years living in Carlow and lined out alongside his cousin Jack Murphy as well as Diarmuid Byrne for the Mount Leinster Rangers U12s and U14s. He is also a cousin of Carlow U21 captain Martin 'Mouse' Kavanagh.

"It's going to be interesting alright to play against a few of the Mount Leinster Rangers lads that I hurled with for a few years," he admits in The Irish Independent. "I also won an All-Ireland third-level league with IT Carlow this year playing alongside the cousin 'Mouse', so there's a lot of different stories.

"Putting on the black and amber jersey is what I always what I wanted to do. Being from Clara and growing up hearing about the likes of Harry Ryan, Paddy Prendergast and Conor Phelan, I always wanted to achieve what they did.

"I've been very lucky to play for Kilkenny since U14 and progress to play minor and U21. This is my first year in with the seniors too so it's dream come true."

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