Cats are set to hook, block and harry

AS Tipperary and Kilkenny head into their 17th All-Ireland championship meeting, the weight of history sits light on the broad shoulders of Cats captain Andy Comerford.

To date, Tipp have pretty much dominated the series, leading 11-5 in head-to-heads, but that doesn't bother the hard-charging midfielder.

"Before my time," he says dismissively. "Wexford, Clare, Offaly, Cork; those are our main rivals, this team has played them a lot more often than Tipperary. In fact, the vast majority of us have never played Tipperary in the championship, '91 was the last time, and I certainly wasn't playing then.