Hogan says over-reliance on Reid worrying for Cats

The Kilkenny forwards around TJ Reid need to step up their scoring contributions, according to former Cats defender Brian Hogan. Of the 8-85 which Kilkenny tallied across their four Leinster SHC round-robin games, Reid was responsible for 52% (5-42) of that total.

Or to put it more simply, the centre-forward hit more than all of his teammates combined. In terms of scores from play, the 31-year old Ballyhale Shamrocks hurler accounted for one-quarter of that particular total, further highlighting the form he’s been in this past month and a half, as well as the reliance on him to steer Kilkenny through the early stages of the championship.