Hickey is drafted in for Cody’s Cats

Noel Hickey replaces injured JJ Delaney in the only Kilkenny change from the team that beat Dublin for tomorrow’s Leinster final against Galway.

Delaney had played down the extent of his hand injury, which saw him substituted early in the second half of the semi-final.

However, he has been deemed not fit to play, while Michael Fennelly and Michael Rice continue to be sidelined.