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With all the hype of scoring records and King Henry’s wonderful achievement surpassing Eddie Keher’s record in the Leinster final it was time to take a trip down memory lane. Not through the records of Eddie Keher but to another unsung hero the late Tullaroan hurler Mick Kennedy.

The Cats may have been one of the last counties out of the blocks in this year’s championship, but when the time arose last Sunday they sent out a severe message to the rest of the contenders that they mean business again this year.

Richie Power will be fit and ready to tog out for Kilkenny in this Sunday's Leinster SHC semi-final against Dublin. Power has shown great progress and stamina in training and will be a welcome addition against Dublin.

The GAA's decision to scrap the scoring difference in favour of the head to head format left the association with egg on its face last weekend, as all bar one of the last round league games ended up being nothing more than glorified challenge matches. The only game of any real importance was the relegation battle between Dublin and Limerick.

Allianz GAA NHL Kilkenny 1-20 Waterford 2-12

Tipperary defeated Kilkenny in an entertaining Allianz NHL played at the third attempt in Semple Stadium, Thurles before an attendance of over 20,000 supporters. The game was evenly contested throughout but the turning moment came before the break when a Kilkenny goal chance from Aidan Fogarty was blocked by Brendan Cummins and sent down the line and dispatched to the net by Eoin Kelly.

Awesome! That’s the only word to sum up the Kilkenny hurling club kingpins. Despite Shamrocks running out 13-point victors, they were cruising along with effortless ease led by Henry Shefflin as they cantered into their fourth consecutive final.

Kilkenny notched up their 14th National Hurling League title after a ding-dong battle with the old enemy Tipperary at Thurles last Sunday. I thought that hurling at intercounty level was becoming a bit boring and predictable but Sunday's epic encounter has given me great hope for the coming championship. It's great to beat Tipperary any time but to beat them in their own backyard on final day is extra special.

The people of Kilkenny are in dreamland this week, having witnessed the four-in-a-row. It's not very often that a game of such importance lives up to expectations but in the year that marks the 125th anniversary of the GAA we got a final that will be spoken about for decades to come.

The Cats dominated and cleaned up in the Vodafone GAA All-Stars last month and now it looks like the honours will also go their way in this year’s Gaelic Player Awards.