Former Cork midfielder Tom Kenny says that retired Rebels ace Patrick Horgan will be spoken about in the “same breath as the greats of the game”.

Horgan confirmed his retirement from inter-county hurling on Tuesday after 18 seasons with the Leesiders which saw him playing 186 games between league and championship and scoring a total of 57-1357, making him hurling’s all-time top scorer.

Speaking to EchoLive.ie this week, Kenny said that his former team mate Horgan will go down as one of the all-time greats of the sport.

“He’ll be spoken in the same breath as the greats of the game,” said the two-time All-Ireland winner.

“In terms of his impact, obviously, on the scoring record and the appearance record and things like that, but even just his influence on children in Cork in terms of getting them to play hurling.

“The amount of children you see with white helmets running around and white grips on their hurleys — they wanted to be Patrick Horgan.

“People will always talk about Patrick Horgan; we’ll pass on the stories to our younger generations and they’ll pass on stories, so he’ll be spoken in high regard, not just in Cork hurling but in the history of hurling as a whole.”

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