Clare style has not rubbed off on Kilkenny, says Cody

Brian Cody says he gleaned nothing from Clare in their All-Ireland-winning season last year.

Kilkenny appear to have played a lot more short stick passes this summer similar to Davy Fitzgerald’s side, but Cody insisted they learned nothing from the 2013 champions.

“Absolutely not. Every time somebody wins the All-Ireland final, everybody talks about ‘this is it’, as if hurling has changed forever. I never see it that way. I have been asked that many times since the All-Ireland final last year like suddenly we have a new game on our hands. I never bought into that.