No hard feelings for Pat Ryan following Limerick exit

THREE TIME All-Ireland winner Pat Ryan says that he has no hard feelings after he was dropped from the Limerick panel before the start of this year's Allianz Hurling League.

Speaking on Off the Ball on Newstalk, Ryan touched on a number of topics, including the incident which saw him leave the Limerick panel mid-way through the 2022 Munster Senior Hurling Championship.

He also described Limerick manager John Kiely as 'the most honest man I have ever met'.

On the incident that saw Ryan leave the panel he said: "I won’t get into too much detail but there was an incident after a game where I let the standards of the group down.

"The following day I woke up quite early, on reflection I just rang John. We met then that evening. Like I said before, probably the most honest man I have ever met.

"He is a principal by nature too but there is no talking down to you or anything like that. It’s just, ok this has happened now.

"The group is too important. Like that management team have done for years. They are only looking at what’s best for Limerick.

"I took full accountability and he was just like ‘you have to take a step back from the group now and we will talk in a couple of months’. That was kind of it really."

The Doon club man also described how he was welcomed back into the panel with a clean slate but that he was left disappointed not to make the panel.

"It’s complete honesty on his part. He will just let you know and tell you that ‘you mightn’t be doing this for me’ or something like that.

"There are so many young players that are coming through in the county that are very impressive as you would have seen in the league.

"I was disappointed not to be involved for this year but instead of looking at what I don’t have in this year, I would rather look back on the last six or seven years and what I did get out of it. I feel more lucky that unlucky I can tell you that!"