PM O'Sullivan: Kilkenny winning quiet, Wexford tactics baffle

This weekend reiterated rather than overturned received wisdom
PM O'Sullivan: Kilkenny winning quiet, Wexford tactics baffle

Dublin's Daire Gray and Richie Leahy of Kilkenny in the Leinster Final at Croke Park

Leinster hurling had its shakeout.

The obvious and the not so obvious. The obvious, via Kilkenny taking a Leinster final against Dublin by nine points. While the losers certainly did not flatter to deceive, they never looked like being the ones to receive. Three points down at halftime, but still hustling, the challengers ended up ten points adrift by the 62nd minute, 1-22 to 0-15. The nerveless TJ Reid did with a penalty what so many English soccer stars could not accomplish, drilling to the goalkeeper’s weak spot.

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