Cats struggled with Rebels’ pace

OKAY, I was wrong. I felt Cork and Kilkenny were going to give us a classic, after many disappointing All-Ireland finals between these two going back to the 70s.

They didn’t, and it was a poor enough game, over long before the final whistle.

Everywhere else however, I was right. I forecast on Saturday that Kilkenny would try to blitz Cork from the start, and they did, hit Cork with everything in the opening minutes. I also said the Cork would withstand the barrage, and that eventually, their pace and power would tell, that their hurt from last year would prevail. So it turned out.