Brian Cody: No unfair results in sport

Kilkenny manager Brian Cody paid tribute to his players’ attitude after their narrow win over Cork, saying they had fought “tooth and nail for every ball” in their one-point victory.

“It’s about every second of the game and the whole thing goes on forever. The attitude, the fight, we had different players who stood up at different times. In the second half, we came out and got into the game very quickly, and showed great attitude to get back into the game.

“Cork went at us again and got a big lead. With five minutes to go it looked like they were going to win the game but it goes to the final whistle. The attitude of being constantly— keeping going, that was there, we got the two points and now we’re in a league quarter-final.