Reigning Poc Fada champ Colin Ryan returns to Limerick hurling fold after six-year absence as John Kiely shuffles deck

Senior Hurling winner Colin Ryan of Limerick with the trophy after the M. Donnelly GAA Poc Fada All-Ireland Finals at Annaverna Mountain in the Cooley Peninsula, Ravensdale, Louth. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

John Kiely has recalled two-time National Poc Fada champion Colin Ryan to the Limerick hurling fold after six years in the wilderness.

Kiely has made a number of changes heading into 2026 as the Treaty bid to scale the All-Ireland summit again – for the first time since completing four-in-a-row in ’23 – and Ryan is a surprise inclusion, this time as a goalkeeper.