Cody smiling as Cats finish with a flourish
And so it proved again in this final-round game in frozen (albeit sunny) Nowlan Park yesterday.
Two points, that’s all that separated the teams at the end of an exhilarating game, two points that Cork could easily have prevented at one end had the defence been just that little bit smarter after Luke O’Farrell had blasted home their first goal on 47 minutes — two points that could easily have been scored at the other end but for some outstanding shot-stopping by new Kilkenny keeper Eoin Murphy.