Hell hath no fury like a Kilkenny hurler scorned as Paddy Deegan backs Cats to silence doubters again

"I could be politically correct and say that we don’t read things in the media or anything like that but when things are being said that, you know, maybe it’ll go against us, you will look at it” admits Paddy Deegan.

NINE LONG YEARS: Paddy Deegan wants to get his hands on the Liam MacCarthy cup for Kilkenny. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Hell hath no fury like a Kilkenny hurler scorned. It’s a truism that only gets truer.

Exhibit A: 2011. After exacting revenge on Tipperary in the All-Ireland final, Brian Cody and a player or two refer back to a newspaper’s “Croker Chokers” headline after they lost that year’s league final to Dublin.