"I just would not manage against Ballyhale" - Shefflin
July 23, 2021
Ballyhale Shamrocks manager Henry Shefflin celebrates with Patrick Mullen. ©INPHO/Tom O'Hanlon.
Kilkenny great Henry Shefflin has ruled out the possibility of ever managing against his home club Ballyhale Shamrocks.
Shefflin steered Ballyhale to two All-Ireland club SHC titles during his spell at the helm and is currently managing Kilkenny intermediate side Thomastown.
In conversation with Brian O’Driscoll on Off The Ball, the 10-time All-Ireland winner outlined why he would be reluctant to manage against his club.
"Brian, I just would not do it against my own," Shefflin said.
"I have learned a lot in Ballyhale and I am going into a new environment now. Thomastown are an intermediate club here in Kilkenny.
"I just would not manage against Ballyhale. There is a lot of harm in it [coaching opposite Ballyhale]. My nephew's play for Ballyhale. My family are from Ballyhale."
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