Cats not purring yet, admits Cody

LOOK closely at this Kilkenny team and there appears to be shades of the 2004 model lurking just below the surface.

For all their stars and their talents, it’s pure doggedness more than anything that has them to within 70 minutes of another All-Ireland final.

After the struggles against Wexford and now Limerick, it’s impossible to avoid the suspicion that there’s something not quite clicking with them - just like last year.