Hurling management teams for the 2023 season

DIVISION 1A

Clare

Manager: Brian Lohan

Year: Four

Notes: When Lohan was appointed in late 2019, he was originally appointed for two years with a potential option of a third season.

The Banner County showed their faith in him at the end of the 2021 season though as he was handed a fresh three-year extension.

"In inter-county hurling now, there's an awful lot of work involved in it and it takes a bit of time to get your team together," he said then of the need for an extended period.

Their performance against Limerick in the Munster final last season, losing after extra-time, was a sign that things were coming together, although the subsequent no-show against Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final was a dampener.

Cork

Manager: Pat Ryan

Year: One

Notes: There was speculation that Kieran Kingston was going to continue in the role, but in the end he didn't and Pat Ryan was appointed as the new manager of the Rebels.

Ryan, from the Sarsfields club, previously served as a senior selector under Kingston in 2016 and 2017. He then guided Cork to Munster and All Ireland under-20 success in both 2020 and 2021.

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He will begin a three-year term with Donal O’Rourke acting as coach and Fergal Condon, Wayne Sherlock, Donal O’Mahony and Brendan Coleman coming in as selectors.

Mark Coleman is set to miss the 2023 campaign after undergoing knee surgery.

Galway

Manager: Henry Shefflin

Year: Two

Notes: When Brian Cody stepped away from Kilkenny, teeth would have clenched in Galway, but in the end Shefflin remains with the Connacht side.

His first year in charge ended with a brilliant All-Ireland semi-final showing against Limerick, but it wouldn’t be enough as the Treaty County went on to complete three in-a-row.

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