Hogan looks at bigger picture

Hurler of the Year favourite Richie Hogan didn’t disguise his disappointed with his own performance in the final.

Substituted, just as he was in the first game when he cramped up, the Danefort man quickly ruled out injury as the reason for his substitution for Henry Shefflin in the 57th minute.

“No, no. It wasn’t an injury, no,” said Hogan. “Shefflin tried savage hard and made a difference. I wasn’t injured for a start. It just didn’t really go well, but sure hopefully there will be more days. I thought I started very well [scoring Kilkenny’s first two points]. I got on a lot of ball and I suppose there was a lot of space up there and we were playing well. Once Tipp got on top then they started falling back and back and back and getting a bit more defensive.