Brian Cody dismisses talk of any replay advantage

Brian Cody doesn’t believe Kilkenny hold the upperhand heading into next Saturday’s replay given yesterday’s result was achieved despite spending the majority of the 70 minutes on the back foot.

Kilkenny led only once in this semi-final contest – that after 12 minutes when Colin Fennelly pointed to move the Cats 0-5 to 0-4 ahead. It was a lead that lasted less than a minute, with Kilkenny forced to chase the game thereafter. Waterford were five clear after 54 minutes and held a three-point advantage when Walsh buried to the net two minutes from time.

Even subsequently, Conor Fogarty was required to step up to the plate to preserve their championship involvement almost four minutes into injury-time.