Competiton for places keeping Kilkenny stars sharp

IT’S not just the sun that’s been scorching the sod in Nowlan Park these past few weeks.

According to Allstar corner-forward Eddie Brennan, the training sessions in the weeks leading to this Sunday's Leinster SHC semi-final have also been pretty hot, no-one sparing the Noreside ash.

"Competition for places is hectic in there. The matches we're playing among ourselves are fairly intense. At this stage it's a case that any of the 30 lads that are in there training are capable of starting on Sunday."