Brian Cody undergoes pre-planned heart surgery

[Ash Smoker]

Kilkenny hurling manager Brian Cody underwent pre-planned cardiac surgery yesterday and is currently recovering in hospital. He is reported to be in good form but will be taking a break from team affairs for a number of weeks.

In his absence Martin Fogarty and Michael Dempsey will be taking charge of the senior hurling panel. The Kilkenny county board issued a press release last night asking that the Cody family be afforded privacy for the duration of his recovery and said they will not be releasing any further statements on the matter.

Cody is expected to be absent from team affairs for at least six weeks, and will miss the remainder of his side's league campaign. Kilkenny's first championship outing will be on June 9th, in the Leinster SHC quarter-final against Offaly.

Cody has been manager of the Kilkenny senior hurlers since 1999, and in 14 seasons has claimed nine All-Ireland titles and 12 Leinster titles.

[armaghniac]

Get well soon, Brian.

[Minder]

Cody back for another year, he has added Derek Lyng and James McGarry as selectors, Martin Fogarty gone.

[orangeman]

Cody back for another year, he has added Derek Lyng and James McGarry as selectors, Martin Fogarty gone.

Fogarty gone. Was that expected or not ?

[johnneycool]

Cody back for another year, he has added Derek Lyng and James McGarry as selectors, Martin Fogarty gone.

Fogarty gone. Was that expected or not ?

He has regularly freshened things up in the Kilkenny set up.

Will he be scouring the county for a different type of player to what he has now?

[AZOffaly]

Cody back for another year, he has added Derek Lyng and James McGarry as selectors, Martin Fogarty gone.

Fogarty gone. Was that expected or not ?

apparently he told KK he didn't want to go again. I wonder would he be interested in th Offaly job?

[johnneycool]

Cody back for another year, he has added Derek Lyng and James McGarry as selectors, Martin Fogarty gone.

Fogarty gone. Was that expected or not ?

apparently he told KK he didn't want to go again. I wonder would he be interested in th Offaly job?

Has Baker got the toe?

[waterfordlad]

Yeah Baker stepped down in last week or 2.

[muppet]

Cody back for another year, he has added Derek Lyng and James McGarry as selectors, Martin Fogarty gone.

Fogarty gone. Was that expected or not ?

apparently he told KK he didn't want to go again. I wonder would he be interested in th Offaly job?

Would that mean more work for the heart surgeons?

[CitySlicker11]

Although it's good to see Cody staying on again with KK I can see the teams that came through this year (Clare, Cork, Limerick, Dublin) staying at the top for a while. However it is hard to predict as look what happened to Galway after reaching last years final.

Kilkenny to be beaten in next years All Ireland semi final.

Then Tipp have to come back as well. Going to be a great few years for hurling.... Oh and Waterford.