Kilkenny’s fiery sideline attitude passes to players

When Kilkenny get time to think about what they’re doing they’re better than anyone.

I know they lost a Leinster semi-final replay against Dublin last year but there were extenuating circumstances — their injury list then was deeper than this year, their panel wasn’t.

Like everyone else, I’ve been watching Brian Cody operating with this Kilkenny team for many years, but I’ve rarely seen him as involved as he was on Saturday night.