D.J. CAREY is an injury worry for Kilkenny ahead of Sunday week’s Guinness All-Ireland SHC final against Cork in Croke Park.

Kilkenny 3-12 Waterford 0-18

Kilkenny 1-11 Clare 0-9

DEFENDING champions Kilkenny have named an unchanged team from the side which beat Clare for Sunday's Allianz NHL clash with Dublin at Nowlan Park.

SEMPLE Stadium in Thurles is the probable venue for next months’s AIB All-Ireland club semi-finals involving the Munster and Leinster champions.

PAUL TAYLOR’S county career with Sligo may well be over after manager James Kearns confirmed the Eastern Harps forward is not on the training panel preparing for the forthcoming league campaign.

O’Loughlin Gaels 3-9 Young Irelands (Gowran) 2-12

IF entertainment was a natural by-product of talking points, we might be picking the bones today from one of hurling's great All Ireland finals.

KILKENNY’S success in the All-Ireland minor hurling final last year, embellished with a display of skill and craft, provided further evidence of the rich vein of natural talent in the county which has dominated Leinster at senior level since 1997.

Armagh 1-15, Galway 0-15

HURLING legend D.J. Carey is calling on the GAA leadership to give official representation to the GPA on the Central Council.

DON’T rubbish the Allianz National League title, because it had “a major bearing” on Kilkenny’s 27th All-Ireland hurling success this year, manager Brian Cody said yesterday.

HIS cool, unruffled, composure has long been one of the obvious characteristics of Kilkenny boss Brian Cody.

FOR no more than a ten-minute period at the start of the second half was there any uncertainty about Kilkenny adding the Guinness All-Ireland hurling championship to their League title.

NO place for Charlie Carter or Brian McEvoy in the Kilkenny team for Sunday’s Guinness All-Ireland hurling final against Clare, but a dream call-up for Jimmy Coogan!