Cody defends team discipline after sending-off

BRIAN CODY last night defended his Kilkenny team’s discipline in the face of Eoin Larkin’s sending off and a couple of other extreme exchanges involving his players during their 0-22 to 1-7 defeat to Dublin in yesterday’s Allianz Hurling Division 1 final.

There is a possibility defender John Dalton will face a sanction for his attack on Conor McCormack at the end of the first-half, an incident which wasn’t seen by referee Michael Wadding while TV footage also showed Richie Hogan lashing out at a Dublin player in setting up Eddie Brennan for Kilkenny’s 10th minute goal.

Asked if he was happy with his team’s discipline, Cody said: “Yeah, I was. It certainly wasn’t a dirty game by any means at all.”