Top Cats looking to come out on the right side of age-old rivalry 

Kilkenny colleagues Donnelly and Walsh will be on AIB All-Ireland club final duty with junior hopefuls Tullogher Rosbercon and Thomastown respectively on Saturday.

CORK-KILKENNY DIVIDE: AIB ambassadors and hurlers, Stephen Donnelly of Thomastown, left, and Leo Sexton of Castlelyons. Pic: Sam Barnes, Sportsfile

Precisely 174 days after their last All-Ireland hurling final at Croke Park, Kilkenny duo Walter Walsh and John Donnelly will return for another.

The Cats colleagues will be on AIB All-Ireland club final duty with junior hopefuls Tullogher Rosbercon and Thomastown respectively on Saturday.