‘Work like dogs, hit everything that moves’: Kilkenny hero shoots down talk of strategies and sweepers

Former Kilkenny hurler Brian Hogan said that talk of hurling tactics is “blown out of all proportion” and echoed Brian Cody’s sentiments that workrate and determination are much more valuable attributes in players.

Cody qualified for his 16th All-Ireland final as Kilkenny manager after victory over Limerick on Saturday, with many analysts and experts hailing the strategies and set-ups the defeated Leinster finalists employed against John Kiely’s charges.