Kilkenny taking positives, but nothing more, from victory over Limerick

“The League final will be a great test for us to get. We'll be going for it anyway."

Kilkenny manager Derek Lyng during the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 semi-final match against Limerick. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

In the same way that defeat will be anything but detrimental to Limerick, Kilkenny manager Derek Lyng went into Saturday’s League semi-final unperturbed by the possibility of a fourth consecutive knockout at the hands of the champions.

Whatever the consequences might have been will never be known. Kilkenny achieved partial redress for the All-Ireland final defeats of 2022 and ‘23, and the League final whacking that fell in between them.