No mercy as Cats take awful Antrim to the cleaners

Kilkenny 6-33 Antrim 1-09

Antrim manager Tom McLean was insisting last week that his team were not travelling to Meath to make up the numbers against the reigning All-Ireland U21 champions - and he was right as the Ulster champions left it to Kilkenny to rack up the numbers.

With John Tennyson, James Fitzpatrick, Eoin Larkin and Richie Power in Adrian Finan’s first 15, Kilkenny will not lack motivation against Galway in the final after the senior semi in Croke Park two weekends ago.