Tennyson may be Kilkenny’s key
The St Kierans’ Colleges star underwent an appendix operation a fortnight ago. Though he is hopeful of playing, the management will not make any decision until the last moment.
“He is one of five of last year’s winning team and would be an enormous loss to us if he fails to make it,” Kilkenny coach Brother Damien Brennan said. “One has to be very impressed with the Galway attack. Four of their six forwards scored in the semi-final game against Tipperary, and we will need John if we are to have any chance of stopping them. “Even with John, we’ll be up against it. We made very hard work of beating Cork in our semi-final, and could have lost it had they taken their early chances. We were almost totally reliant on Richie Power.
