Cats into final with little fuss or bother

FORGET the talk of a two-tier Europe.

We have two tiers in operation a lot closer to home than that if yesterday’s game in Croke Park can be taken in evidence.

Kilkenny kept Waterford at arm’s length for a facile win in the first of this year’s All-Ireland SHC semi-finals, surfing a perky start to book their place in the big show next month.