'It’s not about individuals and the girls don’t want it to be about individuals,' Kilkenny’s Ann Downey

Moments after Kilkenny had accounted for a gallant but tiring Tipperary with a last-quarter score rush, Ann Downey was enjoying the luxury of looking forward to watching the second Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Semi-Final between Cork and Galway.

The competitor that Downey has always been would have relished the challenge of overturning the last two one-point final defeats by the Rebels.