Cats prove an old cliché still rings true: Goals do win games
Ten minutes into the second half, there were two points between Tipp and Kilkenny; in the final 25 minutes Tipp tacked on three points, two from John O’Neill, a 63rd-minute sub, while a superb Kilkenny hit 3-10.
When sports historians scrutinise the exploits of this great Kilkenny team at the end of the Brian Cody era — which looks a long way off — it is their capacity to score goals at vital times that marks them out.
