Kilkenny's summer style still up for debate despite comfortable win

Does the coexistence of the two approaches put an end to the angst? Well, only if you really believe that angst exists.

HEADS YOU WIN: Colm Stapleton of Laois and Kilkenny’s Tommy Walsh during the Allianz HL Division 1B game at UPMC Nowlan Park. Picture: Eóin Noonan

Kilkenny beat Laois in Nowlan Park by 10 points in this Allianz Hurling League Division 1B clash, but in the world of hurling chatter the result now takes second place to superheated conversations and bellowing overreaction, so we’d better nail down the blaring headline from this one.

Kilkenny’s new style of play, a gross betrayal of ancient verities: discuss in a while. The game first.