Experience will swing it for ‘no-nonsense Cats’

Players from two of the three teams both Kilkenny and Tipperary have beaten this summer expect the Cats to edge Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

Galway’s David Collins and Offaly captain Joe Bergin believe Kilkenny’s experience will tip the scales in the favour, although Dublin skipper Johnny McCaffrey fancies Tipp.

Kilkenny easily overcame Collins’ Galway in a Leinster semi-final replay and six days later they bowed out of the Championship to Tipperary despite Jonathan Glynn’s second-half goals giving them a commanding lead.