Byrnes unfazed by five-in-a-row talk
February 02, 2024
Limerick hurler Diarmaid Byrnes, Kilkenny hurler Richie Reid, Galway footballer Damien Comer and Mayo footballer Cillian O'Connor at the launch of the 2024 Allianz Football & Hurling Leagues. ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan.
Diarmaid Byrnes insists Limerick won’t be burdened by the prospect of becoming the first team to complete a five-in-a-row of All-Ireland SHC titles.
John Kiely’s men are strongly fancied to achieve hurling immortality this summer, but this isn’t something Byrnes is paying much heed to.
"I know it's obviously the elephant in the room regarding the media perspective," the 2022 Hurler of the Year said at the recent launch of the Allianz Hurling and Football Leagues.
"I know my own family at home over the Christmas period, you bump into people and it's, 'Jaysus, go on now, Byrnesie’, stupid little stuff, pub talk or whatever.
"We build up an immunity with regards to dealing with those situations, there's experience in the group and it will definitely stand to us this year, as it did last year and the previous year.
"It's just learning different things, taking nuggets as we did last year throughout the championship and we'll probably apply different things this year. But yeah, we'll treat this year no different."
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