Brian Hogan: 'Kilkenny are much further down the line. There is a bit more pressure on us'

For Kilkenny legend Brian Hogan, the conversation in Tipperary may differ from that over the border among Cats supporters. 

Kilkenny manager Derek Lyng is interviewed during a Kilkenny hurling media conference at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

"A clash of the old gladiators."

That's how Anthony Daly put it, in reference to the All-Ireland SHC semi-final clash between Kilkenny and Tipperary.