Kilkenny captain Colin Fennelly to sit out 2021 season
Updated / Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021
08:43
Colin Fennelly made his senior debut with Kilkenny in 2011
Kilkenny captain Colin Fennelly has decided to sit out the 2021 inter-county season, but is expected to return to the fold next year.
Brian Cody will have to plan for the forthcoming campaign without his influential full-forward, who picked up All Star awards in 2014 and 2019.
The five-time All-Ireland winner led the Cats to provincial glory last November, but was dropped for the All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Waterford, coming on as a 49th-minute replacement for Billy Ryan.
RTÉ Sport understands the 31-year-old, who was central to Ballyhale s back-to-back All-Ireland successes in 2019 and 2020, informed Cody of his intention to take a 12-month break before going again in 2022.
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Ger Aylward in action for Kilkenny last year.
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Image: Bryan Keane/INPHO
TWO-TIME ALL-Ireland winner Ger Aylward has announced his inter-county retirement from Kilkenny.
Aylward becomes the latest Cats player to step away after Paul Murphy also called time on his Kilkenny career as Brian Cody’s side prepare to face into the 2021 season.
Glenmore’s Aylward made his senior debut for Kilkenny in 2013 and went on to win three Leinster SHC medals as well as an All-Star award in 2015.
Ger Aylward has brought the curtain down on a seven year inter-county career with the Kilkenny hurlers. The Glenmore man steps away from the Kilkenny panel with.