Defence the best form of attack for Kilkenny

In this year’s league Kilkenny used their A game against Tipperary in round one, against Galway in round 5 but crucially they didn’t use it in Cork for their round 4 encounter.

They certainly brought it with them to Thurles last Sunday.

I’ve written previously that Kilkenny play to a system that has been developed over a number of years and this current Cork management encountered it for the first time on Sunday.