The game, like the handshake, was played on Brian Cody's terms

It's unusual for Brian Cody to take so much satisfaction out of an honour he has now won 18 times as manager.

4 June 2022; Conor Whelan of Galway in action against Paddy Deegan and Huw Lawlor of Kilkenny during the Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Final match between Galway and Kilkenny at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Leinster SHC Final: Kilkenny 0-22 Galway 0-17 

We’ve seen this Brian Cody expression before. Often too, if not in awhile. Usually kept for post All-Ireland final winning press conferences, he blows out his cheeks and arrests it with a slight grin.