Hogans heroic as Kilkenny remain on course for hat-trick

Kilkenny 1-8 Tipperary 0-10

The difficult conditions ruled out free-flowing hurling, but credit victors and vanquished for serving up a game that was always entertaining and in which the outcome hung in the balance right to the end.

Tipperary seemed to be chasing it for most of the way, but they never allowed Kilkenny out of sight, and put in a storming finish which went close to earning them a reprieve which wouldn’t have flattered them.