Classy Cuala take Leinster crown after another 26-point tally

Cuala (Dublin) 1-23 Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly) 1-9: If it wasn’t for Mattie Kenny’s forensic attention to detail, we mightn’t read too much into the curious, 26-point score-lines that his Cuala team has been racking up lately.

The AIB All-Ireland club champions have struck that tally — 2-20, 3-17, and now 1-23 — in each of their three games on the way to back-to-back Leinster titles.

Yesterday’s haul was split evenly over the two halves in Portlaoise — 1-10 followed by 0-13 — reflecting a typically efficient display from a side that rarely fails to deliver.