Shefflin secured a 4–15 to 3–17 victory and a first Railway Cup medal for Delaney. Delaney added a second winners' medal to his collection in 2009, as Leinster defeated Connacht by 3–18 to 1–17. Retirement After winning a 9th winners' medal in 2014 J.J. Delaney retired from intercounty hurling in December of that year. If he had remained on the Kilkenny Senior Hurling panel in 2015 he would possibly have equalled Henry Shefflin's record of winning 10 All-Ireland medals. He has since worked as an analyst for Sky Sports. Honours Player Waterford Institute of Technology Fitzgibbon Cup (2): 2003, 2004 Kilkenny All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (9): 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (11): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 National Hurling League (8): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 Walsh Cup (6): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2003 Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2003 Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1999 Leinster Railway Cup (2): 2002, 2009 Individual Awards Leinster Hurling Team of the Last 25 Years (1984–2009): Left wing-back The 125 greatest stars of the GAA: No. 32 Texaco Hurler of the Year (1): 2003 All Stars Hurler of the Year (1): 2003 GPA Hurler of the Year (1): 2003 All-Stars (7): 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 In May 2020, the Irish Independent named Delaney at number thirteen in its "Top 20 hurlers in Ireland over the past 50 years". References |- 1982 births Living people All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners All Stars Awards winners (hurling) All Stars Hurlers of the Year Alumni of Waterford Institute of Technology Fenians hurlers Gaelic games writers and broadcasters Hurling backs Irish salespeople Kilkenny inter-county hurlers Leinster inter-provincial hurlers Waterford IT hurlers