At half-time in the 2012 Leinster final, Kilkenny were 14 points down to Galway. The game was effectively over. Galway eventually won by ten points but Kilkenny still outscored their opponents in the second half. And that was where the road to winning that year’s All-Ireland began for Kilkenny.
“Without the expletives,” once recalled David Herity, Kilkenny goalkeeper that afternoon, and Tipperary coach now, “(Brian) Cody’s exact words were, ‘If anyone thinks here we’re beat, go into the showers because we’re going to war in this second-half.’
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