Brennan: Cats needed Tipp test

KILKENNY’S mental toughness is what the All-Ireland champions must preserve if they are to retain their standing as the number one team in the country.

That’s the view of leading forward Eddie Brennan, one of the team’s most prolific goal-scorers of recent times and a key contributor in general play to the Cats’ 14th league title success against Tipperary in Thurles on Sunday.

Brennan made his comments in the context of the possible threat from Tipperary in the upcoming championship, commenting that while Liam Sheedy’s team is being talked about as the one ‘best equipped’ to take the Liam MacCarthy Cup from them, the reality is that any team is capable of managing it.