Treaty firebrands will push Cats, but won’t prevail

I’m torn, really torn, about this game.

Despite losing their Leinster crown in such emphatic fashion to Galway, Kilkenny are still reigning All-Ireland champions, are still the team of the ages, still the finest hurling team most of us have ever seen.

The question is, how long can they go on? How long can they continue to be the most dominant team, the most intimidating team, the team most feared by all?