Elaine Aylward: Breakthrough success will do wonders for camogie in Kilkenny

“If you told Ann Downey 22 years ago that she would be the last Kilkenny captain going up those steps for the next 22 years she wouldn’t have believed it.”

Former All-Star Elaine Aylward has said Kilkenny’s success in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final on Sunday was a ‘monkey off of the county’s back', writes Peter McNamara.

The Mullinavat clubwoman, who featured as an analyst on The Sunday Game Live alongside Jill Horan and Anna Geary, illustrated her delight at the Cats’ triumph, their first for 22 years.