Bookies bank on Cats to take the cream

THE Cork hurlers might be travelling to Croke Park with confidence tomorrow but the bookies installed Kilkenny as red hot favourites last night.

With the Guinness All-Ireland hurling final just hours away, reigning champions Kilkenny had their odds cut to 1/2 while the Rebels are priced at 2/1.

Some 79,500 will file into Croker for this classic clash of two of hurling’s most successful counties.