TJ REID

was up to his usual tricks last weekend, hitting a stunning haul of 1-15 for Ballyhale Shamrocks as they knocked defending champions Dicksboro out of the Kilkenny championship.

And yet even one of the game’s modern gods can occasionally have feet of clay. In the same match, he failed to score a goal from three penalties. Yes, three. All in the first half. One was stopped, one was deflected over the bar, and one went wide. So he could actually have finished with 4-14. Did it affect him? The second half saw Reid (right) come out and bury a goal and drive his team to a 1-24 to 1-19 win.