Downey: Kilkenny will take lessons on board

MEDAL-LADEN Kilkenny senior camogie boss Ann Downey is satisfied that the lessons learned in defeat in yesterday’s Gala All-Ireland final will enhance her team’s chance of bouncing back to win an overdue title.

“They are a great bunch of girls. We will be back next year ... no doubt about it,’’ she said.

Downey, who won her 12th medal in the last of Kilkenny’s title victories over Wexford in 1994, felt that her team lost because of two key factors – inexperience primarily and a lack of physical strength in attack.