Henry Shefflin is still annoyed over the ‘dirty belt’ which looks set to rule Adrian Mullen out of the remainder of Ballyhale Shamrocks’ club campaign.

The Kilkenny star sustained a broken thumb following an incident involving Charlie Mitchell in Ballyhale’s Leinster club SHC quarter-final victory over Kilcormac/Killoughey, and watched last Sunday’s semi-final defeat of Clough/Ballacolla from the sideline after undergoing surgery. But even if Mullen had been fit, he would have still missed the game after being slapped with a retrospective one-match ban along with K/K’s Mitchell and Cillian Kiely for contributing to a post-match melee.

“He has a broken thumb, he had a dirty belt the last day,” Ballyhale boss Shefflin complained.

“It was very upsetting for Adrian. I don’t mind a lad getting an injury if it is fair, but the injury on Adrian was unfair.

“It was a dirty blow and he’s gone. He has broken his thumb and has got pins in it.”

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