'He's in bother' - Shefflin issues injury update on Adrian Mullen - Kilkenny GAA
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Shamrocks Ballyhale recorded their second win in Group A of the St Canice's Credit Union Senior Hurling League on Saturday, beating a winless Lisdowney 4-25 to 3-14.
In truth, the Shamrocks were in control from start to finish with a brace of goals from Brian Coady along with Eoin Cody and Niall Shortall green flags steering the Shamrocks to victory.
Lisdowney, now under new management with Aaron Fogarty taking over the reigns, once again offered a threat in front of goal after making O'Loughlin Gaels' Stephen Murphy pull off a number of eye-catching saves a week earlier.
A brace of netted finishes from David O'Carroll and a Cathal Jordan goal added to an impressive scoreline for the North Kilkenny team, but the concession of a big scoreline once again ultimately proved to be their downfall. - FULL MATCH REPORT IN THIS WEEK'S KILKENNY PEOPLE
Off the field though, things are far from rosey in the garden for Henry Shefflin, who is still without the services of inter-county star Adrian Mullen due to a 'serious groin injury'.
"Adrian by his own standards probably didn't play that well this year with the county but I only realised this after the event that Adrian was carrying a serious groin injury," Shefflin told the KCLR Hurling Podcast.
"He didn't train very much during the year, it's amazing because none of us know this kind of stuff. He hasn't trained with us at all, he's in bother and he has a serious injury, a groin injury.
"So I don't know when we'll see him, we're just leaving that in the care of the physios. But we're short an inter-county star player and it's a big loss to a country club side," he added.
Just last week, news broke of David Herity's arrival into the Shamrocks' management team as he teamed up with his former Kilkenny team-mate following just over a decade apart.