Brian Cody unsure of Kilkenny's true form: 'We have questions to answer'

First-half goals from Billy Ryan, TJ Reid and captain Colin Fennelly had powered Kilkenny ahead at half-time

Dublin's Paddy Smyth and TJ Reid of Kilkenny contest for possession. Picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Leinster SHC: Kilkenny 3-20 Dublin 2-22 

Halloween night was one of cruel contradictions, for Kilkenny at least, which saw them conjure some magical hurling, appearing to invite the fireworks that were bursting into the night sky nearby, yet they still left the ground an hour later chastened and broody.