No room for romance as Cats have too much power

EVEN in Dublin it’s being said — that only someone who’s delusional or incurably romantic can see any possibility other than a big Kilkenny win in tomorrow’s Leinster hurling final.

Well, I’m guilty on both counts, because contrary to most predictions I believe that this will be a real contest, one that will go down to the wire.

In the National Hurling League just past, with only one team to be relegated from a division of eight, Dublin were expected to be the ones to struggle to hold onto their premier division status.