Easy for holders Kilkenny but Offaly take a big scalp

Champions Kilkenny got their title defence underway with a facile victory over Waterford at Walsh Park while the big talking point of the Liberty Insurance All- Ireland Senior Camogie Championship’s opening weekend was Offaly’s narrow defeat of Limerick in the Gaelic Grounds. 

Paddy Kirwan hailed his side’s character following the 2-18 to 3-14 win against the Munster champions.

“The first-half we did some great camogie but then we overcomplicated it,” he told Midlands Radio 3.