Kenny says U-21 clash is not a pointer to senior game

There will be those who think last Saturday’s All-Ireland U21 hurling semi-final win by Kilkenny over Galway in Thurles is a guide towards what’s likely to happen in the senior final.

Kenny says U-21 clash is not a pointer to senior game

After all Kilkenny had just Cillian Buckley, Richie Doyle and Walter Walsh representing the panel that beat Tipperary in the All-Ireland senior semi-final and none of them started. Galway had 14 of the 26 senior panellists from their semi-final win over Cork while Johnny Coen, James Regan, Niall Burke and Conor Cooney all started.

But Mattie Kenny, a selector to the Galway U-21s and seniors, believes any such thoughts would be foolish.

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