Plenty yet to come from Cats, warns Fennelly

Less than a minute into Kilkenny’s win over Waterford in Walsh Park in the Allianz Hurling League game on Sunday last, Michael Fennelly laid down a marker — a full-blooded frontal hit on Waterford’s powerful centre-back, Kevin Moran.

It earned him a yellow card from referee John Sexton, rightly so, but it also served as an indicator of Kilkenny’s enduring iron will to win. They struggled thereafter in the first half against Waterford, led by only a point at the break and were lucky to be in that position after several wides by the Déise. But come the second half, they turned on the power with Fennelly controlling the middle and pulled away from the home side.

Impressive form this early in the season but, warns Fennelly, there’s even more to come.