Cats may have to join revolution, says Tyrrell

Jackie Tyrrell believes a hurling revolution is taking place and Kilkenny may need to alter their style if they want to be part of it.

The veteran defender has been an unlikely championship spectator for the last six weeks since suffering a surprise All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Cork. He’s filled a rare August off with club activities but kept a close eye on those teams left at the business end of the hurling championship. He believes a trait common to this year’s successful teams is ‘a possession game’, a style of play which he admitted is alien to Kilkenny and may require them to buy into it.

“Maybe so, looking at the way the game has gone and the way teams are setting up now, it is very much a possession game,” said Tyrrell.