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Kilkenny are nowhere full strength to tackle Cork in the Allianz NHL Division 1 opener at Páirc Uí Rinn but to suggest the defending league champions are relegation material will surely prove to be well wide of the mark.

Cummins or Nash? Bugler or Brendan Maher? Reid or Dowling? Picking the best hurling team of the last five years is no easy task