Brian Cody happy to accept ‘functional’ criticism as Kilkenny keep eyes on the prize

It seemed it wasn’t until late yesterday morning when Leinster chairman John Horan, standing a few yards away from him, mentioned the latest charge Ger Loughnane made against Kilkenny that Brian Cody heard about it.

Launching the Leinster senior championships in Rathfarnham’s Pearse Museum on the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising leader’s hanging, Horan took a dim view of Loughnane’s assertion that the current Cats suffered from “a lack of charisma”.

Cody wasn’t in a position to respond to that latest remark from the former Clare manager but he did react to his previous comment that Kilkenny were “functional”.