Donal Collins: ‘Kilkenny feel they have the upper hand on Cork’

'They’ll be hard opposition for Cork to overcome this weekend, but I’d be quietly optimistic. If they can cut out silly errors, Cork have options on the bench'

Kilkenny manager Brian Cody and Alan Murphy celebrate following the Leinster SHC final. Donal Collins reckons the Cats feel that they have the upper hand against Cork. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The difference between Cork and Kilkenny?

Ask Donal Collins, who hurled at the top level in both counties: having collected All-Ireland club medals with Blackrock, a spell working in Kilkenny saw him throw his lot in with James Stephens.