By COLIN BARTLEY WRITE off the cats at your peril. In an epic encounter, as tough as they come, Kilkenny came out on top by the barest of margins. Leading by as much as eight points at stages, Limerick persisted and chipped away at the lead. But the Cats never stopped fighting. An Eoin Murphy […]
By COLIN BARTLEY IN AN absolute belter at headquarters today Kilkenny clawed their way through to the All-Ireland semi-final, and Brian Cody’s smarts and the bench can be thanked. In a game that was in the balance until two Pat Horgan 21 meter frees were saved in injury time, the Cats got over the line […]
By COLIN BARTLEY DESPITE Kilkenny’s thrilling draw with Wexford on Saturday, Galway being dumped out of the championship by Dublin was the most significant development this season so far. Brain Cody, calmness personified, knew the draw was good enough to see Kilkenny into another Leinster decider as he walked onto the Innovate Wexford Park turf […]
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 […]