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.

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.