Henry Shefflin has questioned Derek Lyng’s decision to leave Richie Reid out of his Kilkenny starting line-up against Offaly.

The long-time centre back came off the bench late on as his Ballyhale Shamrocks clubmate Darragh Corcoran was tried in the pivotal position.

“I think Richie Reid has been harshly done by,” the recently-departed Ballyhale manager said on RTÉ’s Allianz League Sunday.

“He played very well for Ballyhale this year in the club championship. Obviously, Huw Lawlor has stepped out now, so they're going to see about 'three' and 'six'. Mikey Carey is back there, he's very explosive and very good going forward, he's stepping into that 'three' role.

“Darragh Corcoran had a very good club campaign and is gone in 'six'. Both of them are anchoring this defence so far. It will be interesting to see how both of them progress through the rest of the league.

“I imagine they are going to give them a few games, rightly so, give them a real lash at it. Then you've got Richie Reid, Paddy Deegan, and David Blachfield to come back into that mix and some supporting cast to that spine of the team.”

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