Hogan’s Cat-like cunning

STALE? Lack of hunger after four All-Ireland titles in a row? You obviously don’t know your Kilkenny hurling.

Instead, Brian Hogan and his teammates have been anxiously counting down the hours to their first championship match of the 2010 season against Dublin in Croke Park tomorrow.

He admitted: “It feels like forever since our last competitive game – the last round of the league (April 18, a 1-20 to 2-12 win over Waterford). We then had a challenge match two weeks after that against Waterford for a pitch opening, and that’s been it.