The best of Brian Cody: His greatest players, wins and XV(s)
LEGEND: Brian Cody with the Liam MacCarthy cup after the 2012 All-Ireland final. Pic: David Maher / SPORTSFILE
Too many reasons to explain why.
14 seasons of subtle defensive brilliance.
You may have him top of your list and that’s perfectly understandable.
A force of nature and the most popular player of the lot.
Did the same unshowy thing, taking the same kind of point over and over again, for 11 years.
Eoin Murphy
Paul Murphy
Noel Hickey
Jackie Tyrrell
Tommy Walsh
Brian Hogan
JJ Delaney
Cha Fitzpatrick
Michael Fennelly
TJ Reid
Henry Shefflin
Eoin Larkin
Richie Power
DJ Carey
Richie Hogan
James McGarry
Michael Kavanagh
Huw Lawlor
Willie O’Connor
Pádraig Walsh
Pat O’Neill
Peter Barry
Andy Comerford
Derek Lyng
Martin Comerford
John Power
Michael Rice
Charlie Carter
Eddie Brennan
Aidan Fogarty
Kilkenny 2-17 Tipperary 1-16: Reversed the result from 2010, clinched the rubber with Tipp, validated the four in a row and set Kilkenny up for four in five.
Kilkenny 2-26 Tipperary 4-17: Thunderous, visceral, occasionally downright dirty and utterly absorbing. The winners were hugely understrength but survived as Richie Hogan made his bones.
Kilkenny 1-16 Cork 1-13: Where it ended for one and began for the other, and in hindsight an even more significant day for Cork than for their conquerors.
Kilkenny 2-22 Tipperary 0-23: The greatest final of the past 50 years. The losers were fantastic, the winners slightly fortunate. But champions find a way.
Kilkenny 1-22 Galway 1-18: Makes the cut because this was Cody’s poorest winning outfit. He still got them over the line.
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