Walsh wants more than Cats bit-part

Tommy Walsh will look to feed off a spring of discontent in a bid to reclaim a starting spot in Kilkenny’s line-up.

Brian Cody’s panel has dispersed temporarily to see to a round of club fixtures but they will return to the bearpit of Nowlan Park for more of those legendary training sessions in the weeks leading up to their championship opener against Offaly.

The stakes, always high, have been raised even further.