No complaints, no excuses, no ‘if onlys’ from Brian Cody

Brian Cody clearly wasn’t in the mood – and who could blame him?

His post-match sit-down with the written press lasted just four minutes and there were “no excuses” from the Kilkenny boss after his side’s three-in-a-row dreams were smashed by rampant Tipperary.

Cody said: “The usual thing after an All-Ireland final - the better team wins the game, the better team won today. There are no excuses, no ‘if only this had happened, if only that had happened’.