Brennan: The championship rehearsal Davy didn’t want

Eddie Brennan says tomorrow’s NHL semi-final between Wexford and Kilkenny will be “as close as you can get to championship fare”.

The sides will also face each other in the Leinster championship later in the year, and Kilkenny icon Brennan says the league semi-final may not suit their preparations for that summer clash.

”In a way I don’t know if either team would have wanted the game. Looking at the last round of games in the league Davy (Fitzgerald, Wexford manager) might have wanted to keep his psychological advantage.