What more can John Kiely do to stop the hype?

It’s gas how the All-Ireland champions, especially when it’s not Kilkenny, invariably drive and dominate the narrative early the following season. The tone, both in the aftermath of that All-Ireland success, and how the All-Ireland champions appear to be kicking on, has followed a similar trend.

Tipperary were supposed to take over hurling when their young team beat Kilkenny in 2010. The young-guns from Clare were expected to dominate the decade after their 2013 success. After shoving Kilkenny into a shallow grave in the 2016 All-Ireland final, Tipp were expected to keep burying their neigbhours for fun in the coming seasons. Then Galway were expected to dominate the game after finally ending a 29-year famine in 2017.