For Kilkenny, the ship keeps sailing towards the light

Almost nothing leaks out of the Hoover Dam that is the Kilkenny senior hurling panel.

This year’s drips were consistent. Mucho fuss over last winter’s big retirements became serious motivation. Some players discerned an implication that the lads left were no great shakers of sticks.

2015’s coming panel bonded fiercely while holidaying in America last January and vowed to prove themselves more than add-ons for legends. Maybe there were no implications of this kind in media coverage but sportsmen nail their motivation where they find it.