New order postponed in Cats cruise

Relax. We won’t say ‘they haven’t gone away’. We won’t inflict ‘write Kilkenny off at your peril’. We promise to stay away from talk of nine lives.

It’s difficult, though. Yesterday in Wexford Park a battle was expected but a rout ensued. Kilkenny got their place in the league final a lot easier than anyone anticipated; in the words of Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald, they bossed the proceedings.

The game was deferred by quarter of an hour due to traffic congestion, which left the crowd, a hefty 16,400, looking at the empty field that bit longer than usual.