Cats keep their cool when the heat is on

ON the way to Dublin yesterday, watching the reading rising on the thermometer, I was fearful that this Leinster final was going to be a hard day for lads with a lot of mileage under their belts.

The likes of Noel Hickey, Jackie Tyrell, Brian Hogan, Tommy Walsh, Henry Shefflin, Eoin Larkin are young men but have packed a tremendous amount of hurling into the last decade.

I was wondering — would they be able for the heat and would they be able to handle the pace of a major championship final for a full 70 minutes?