Five weekend talking points: A goal of the season but Kilkenny not yet purring
For five games and well over 360 minutes, Kilkenny had gone without a goal before TJ Reid’s net-buster in the fifth minute of Saturday’s game. His finish will be hard beaten when it comes to goals of the season as the quality of it, not to mention the force with which it was struck, left Daragh Mooney flailing. Reid added another two goals from penalties but other than that Kilkenny didn’t threaten Mooney’s goal. In conceding the penalties, Michael Cahill and Pádraic Maher committed unnecessary fouls. Once upon a time, it was Tipperary who felt they couldn’t outpoint Kilkenny so goals were of paramount importance. Now it’s the other way round.
