The greatest of all time?

WHATEVER doubts there may have been about the outcome up to the time Henry Shefflin converted that penalty, Kilkenny didn’t need to win yesterday’s All-Ireland final to have greatness conferred on them.

But, in becoming only the second team to win four-in-a-row since Cork accomplished it all of 65 years ago, they have guaranteed themselves a privileged place in hurling folklore.

That’s the real significance of their achievement. It ensures their position of honour in the pantheon of great teams to have established supremacy in the championship over a sustained period.