What we learned: Kilkenny pay high price for wayward shooting

A gem off Cork production line the highlight for Pat Ryan

Kilkenny’s David Blanchfield competes in the air against Patrick Horgan and Brian Hayes of Cork. Pic: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

Kilkenny fortunes turn on harsh Blanchfield call 

Kilkenny were too wayward. They held a two-point lead at the interval and were level five times in the first 25 minutes of the second half but they ran out of steam after shooting twice as many wides as Cork.