Kilkenny focus on finishing out games after outlasting Dublin in League opener

"What have we been talking about for the last six months? The final quarter! Let's go now, lads!"

Dublin's Paddy Smyth is tackled by Eoin Cody, left, and Martin Keoghan of Kilkenny at Parnell Park. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Kilkenny 1-20 Dublin 0-18

With only the wind for company at an empty Parnell Park, the encouraging words of Brian Cody and one particular Kilkenny player were clearly audible during the second water break.