Cody’s fear for hurling

Kilkenny boss Brian Cody is fearful GAA chiefs are “trying to take genuine physicality” out of hurling.

Cody, speaking ahead of Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League final against Cork, is worried the manliness of the sport is under threat.

Cody said: “I worry — for some mad reason everybody thinks this is madness — that the physicality of the game is being looked at in a negative way.