Kilkenny expects, TJ Reid delivers

Under the Hogan Stand, TJ Reid stopped to chat. After scoring 2-2, it didn’t appear it would be a difficult request, and so it turned out, but his demeanour wasn’t one of delight but righteous indignation.

Leading up to the 2012 All-Ireland semi-final against Tipperary, he’d heard the accusations that he was little more than an impact substitution. After a dismal Leinster final, he’d been dropped for the quarter-final win over

Limerick, the latest in a number of setbacks for the then 24-year-old and likely would have remained on the bench but for Richie Hogan’s suspension.