Free-scoring Kilkenny don’t fear Cork, says Fintan Deegan

Their graph was expected to dip. After successive All-Ireland final defeats, managerial resignations and the departure of two of their most experienced players, Kilkenny camogie was set to return to the chasing pack in 2015.

Free-scoring Kilkenny don’t fear Cork, says Fintan Deegan

When the draws for the All-Ireland camogie championship were made earlier this year, it was Group 1 that turned heads. The last three counties to lift the O’Duffy Cup — Cork (2014), Galway (2013) and Wexford (2012) — had been pitted together, with only the group winners guaranteed an All-Ireland semi-final place.

But Kilkenny didn’t just simply bounce back from successive September losses, the resignation of joint-managers Niall Williams and Graham Dillon and departure from the squad of Leanne Fennelly and Elaine Aylward.

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