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Kilkenny’s involvement in this year’s national hurling league was brought to an end last Sunday when they were narrowly out-fought by a Galway side who, for various reasons, were more motivated on the day.

The Kilkenny senior hurlers made their trip to the capital a successful one last Sunday when they outscored a spirited, if somewhat naive, Dublin outfit.

The game between Kilkenny and Cork will get a quick analysing next week due to the clash of Ballyhale Shamrocks and Portumna, the two best club teams in recent years. If Kilkenny and Tipperary were the two teams most neutrals wanted to see in last year’s All-Ireland final, these are the two that everyone wanted for a club final appearance.

The 30-strong squad of the All-Ireland winning Kilkenny hurling team, along with past players, and Ireland’s top handballers, are preparing to don a jersey of a different nature on March 6, taking to the road around Kilkenny City for a 12-stage cycle to raise money for Enable Ireland. Members and friends of the Kilkenny team were at the Enable Ireland O’Neill Centre in Kilkenny during the week to announce the final route for the cycle.

It’s a case of lights, camera, action for our senior hurling team this Saturday night in Thurles. Yes the year kicks off in earnest this weekend and what a game we have in store to set the National Hurling League in motion.

Kilkenny intermediates’ great victory over Dublin after extra time last Saturday afternoon means once again it's a clean sweep of provincial titles. This achievement in itself would satisfy most hurling counties, but in Kilkenny the players are only too aware that their greatness is judged on their ability to land All-Ireland titles. Pressure it may be but that's the reality you face when you pull on the famous black and amber shirt. This Sunday, both the seniors and minors head to Croker hoping they can get the job done which would give them a tilt at All-Ireland glory.

The Kilkenny hurlers are on the march once again. The Cats showed great composure and resolve when defeating the Galway men by four points in a thrilling Leinster semi-final at Tullamore last Saturday evening.

Emeralds are the form team in the intermediate grade as they were always in control against a Conahy Shamrocks’ outfit that suffered their first defeat in nearly 15 months.

It has been one hell of a roller coaster ride for Kilkenny fans since 1998. Lucky enough we've had more ups than downs during that period. It's a staggering statistic that during that time it was only twice that the Black and Amber didn’t feature.