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Cats blow as Buckley and Maher to miss round-robin series of Championship

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2019 0

KILKENNY boss Brian Cody has been hit with a double blow ahead of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, with Cillian Buckley and James Maher set to miss the entire round-robin series. Buckley sat out this year’s league campaign and hasn’t featured for the Cats since last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Limerick because of a […]

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Tipp-top win has punters purring for Cats again

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

KILKENNY’S last-gasp victory over Tipperary on Sunday has put them back in the betting to win the hurling league. Limerick remain 13/8 favourites to top Division One but their defeat by Cork has encouraged punters to put their money on Brian Cody’s team. They have jumped from 14/1 to  7/1. Eoin Murphy’s stunning injury-time free […]

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Tipp-ing point: Murphy’s late, late injury time winner secures dramatic win for Cats

By Kilkenny Now 24th February 2019 0

EOIN Murphy struck a beautiful late, late injury time winner as Kilkenny edged out Tipperary by a single point in today’s National Hurling League clash at Semple Stadium. Noel McGrath had the Premier County ahead by one as the game entered into additional time before Richie Hogan levelled it again for the visitors. And Brian […]

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‘Anyone who says Kilkenny are gone are codding themselves’ – Limerick hurling legend

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2019 Post a comment

LIMERICK hurling legend Eamonn ‘Ned Rea’ has warned it is foolish for anyone to write off Brian Cody’s Kilkenny team just yet. And despite the Treaty’s nine-point mauling of the Cats last weekend, the All-Ireland winner and well-known publican said he would not like to meet Kilkenny at the business end of the season in […]

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‘Limerick not in top three and won’t win All-Ireland’ – Kilkenny legend Jackie Tyrell

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2019 0

LIMERICK are not in the top three teams in the country and won’t win the All-Ireland this year, Kilkenny legend Jackie Tyrell has predicted. The nine-time All-Ireland winner also said Brian Cody’s current crop of players are also not among the elite just yet. Tyrell was speaking ahead of tomorrow’s much-anticipated Allianz HL Division 1A […]

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‘It’s not a job’ – 11 times All-Ireland winner Brian Cody dismisses retirement talk

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2019 0

BRIAN CODY has no intention of retiring anytime soon from a “job” he doesn’t even consider to be a job! Cody has already delivered a record 11 All-Ireland titles for his county. He turns 65 in July and retired from teaching back in 2015. But it appears he has no intention to handing over the […]

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Last gasp goal not enough as Cats go down fighting in Ennis

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2019 0

Clare 2-20 Kilkenny 1-22 KILKENNY netted with the final act of the game – but the last gasp score was too little, too late for the Cats against a competitive Clare side in the second round of the Allianz National Hurling League. After making a bright start to the campaign against Cork last week, Brian […]

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Clare star Tony Kelly suspended for Sunday’s showdown with Cats

By Kilkenny Now 1st February 2019 0

CLARE will be without star player Tony Kelly for the National League clash against Brian Cody’s Cats in Ennis on Sunday. The 2013 Hurler of the Year has received a one-match ban after he was sent off early in the second half in Clare’s defeat against Tipperary last Saturday. The decision was subsequently criticised by […]

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Brian Cody at Pendulum Summit: ‘How to create a great team and be a true leader’

By Kilkenny Now 10th January 2019 0

IN a statement that will stoke the embers in the bellies of Kilkenny hurling supporters, Brian Cody clearly has no intention of sitting back and enjoying his 11 All-Ireland medals anytime soon. The most decorated manager in the history of hurling gave a stirring performance of his own in front an audience of thousands at […]

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‘Henry will manage Cats one day’ – nine-time All Ireland winner Tommy Walsh

By Kilkenny Now 20th December 2018 0

FORMER Kilkenny star and nine-time All-Ireland winner Tommy Walsh says he believes Henry Shefflin will manage the Cats one day. But the Tullaroan legend says he isn’t sure if ‘King Henry’ will be the man to take Brian Cody’s managerial crown. Shefflin has been a revelation in his first season as coach of his home […]