Limerick v Cork: Shane Kingston can prove to be much more than a supersub for the Rebels

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“I would say that in fairness to both Kieran and Shane, they never let the family situation come into it. Kieran was probably harder on him because he was his own son. To the point where Shane was probably wronged out of playing certain games.”

And there’s the rub. Though Kingston has been named to start against Limerick this weekend, he’s been a second-half substitute in each of their three Munster Championship games before this. This is his eighth season playing championship hurling for Cork and he turns 26 in August. Yet you wouldn’t say he’s any closer to a nailed-on starting spot than he was when he made his debut a few weeks after his Leaving Cert.

Yet the last thing anyone questions is Kingston’s talent. He has been earmarked for a serious intercounty career since his early teens. Ronan Dwane, who was heavily involved in the Cork development squads he came through, can’t remember a more talented dual player in the county in the past 20 years. Shane Kingston during Cork's meeting with Westmeath in the Allianz NHL earlier this year. Of his 35 championship appearances, Kingston has either started or finished 26 of those games on the bench. Photograph: Evan Treacy/Inpho

 

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