Anthony Daly: Kilkenny going all out is your only guarantee

No disrespect to Westmeath but Kilkenny can really go all-out for a league title when they are facing the midlanders in their opening championship match

FULL THROTTLE: Kilkenny manager Derek Lyng. Pic: ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

I LOVE Cheltenham week. Always have. Always will. We closed our pub Murty Browne’s on Tuesday but Wednesday was hopping with the craic from watching and betting on horses with all the customers. Yesterday being St Patrick’s Day was a brilliant way to end such an entertaining week.

Of course it wasn’t all about horses because most of the customers are mad into all sports. Ireland’s Grand Slam quest this afternoon against England dominated much of the discussion. So did the Clare footballers’ relegation struggles ahead of their trip to Owenbeg to take on high-flying Derry.