Fast start crucial for Brian Dowling and Kilkenny

Kilkenny manager Brian Dowling and Denise Gaule. Picture: INPHO/Bryan Keane

Kilkenny camogie manager Brian Dowling says his charges cannot again start slowly if they are to have any hope of a second successive final win over Galway in Sunday’s Littlewoods Ireland League decider.

The reigning All-Ireland champions were noticeably sluggish out of the blocks in both their quarter and semi-finals, forced to rescue three and six-point deficits when overcoming Limerick and Tipperary respectively.