No complacency in Kilkenny mindset

THEY have again strolled through Leinster and are clear favourites to retain the Liam MacCarthy Cup but there is little fear of complacency creeping into the Kilkenny mindset this weekend.

Four times they have met Galway in the last five championships and in both the 2001 and 2005 All-Ireland semi-finals, it was the Connacht side that emerged on top.

Said Martin Comerford: “We have lost four (championship) matches since 2000 and Galway have beaten us twice, which is a poor record.