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Last Sunday’s hurling final was the greatest I have ever seen. I particularly enjoyed the senior match, but the minor game provided a wonderful array of all of the great skills of the ancient game too. If the minor encounter was a tasty starter, the senior game between Tipperary and Kilkenny was an awesome encounter. There was huge physicality and manliness about the match from the minute the ball was thrown in right to the very end. It was gripping stuff and at no stage during the match could I have predicted the outcome. I was half hoping that Tipperary would win it for a number of reasons. I normally shout for the underdog but I also have a brother- in- law from Tipp and he was really excited in the lead up to this match. I felt for him when I spoke to him after the game as he was planning a few days off to celebrate a massive homecoming in Thurles! However in the grander scale of things I think it was appropriate that the Cats prevailed to create their own bit of history and win their fourth All- Ireland in a row. Winning so many titles doesn’t happen by chance and anyone involved in management at any level will be intrigued as to how Brian Cody keeps his players focused, fresh and driven. There are so many distractions for young people these days that it is a task in itself to keep players interested in their chosen sport. That is why I took special interest in the comments of Cody in a post-match interview earlier this week when he gave an insight as to why this current Kilkenny side are arguably the greatest hurling team of all times. He suggested that there is no chance of this great Kilkenny team getting complacent or big-headed, despite their phenomenal run.

The greatest Kilkenny hurling team of all time were swept away by a sea of black and amber on Monday evening. Thousands of supporters lined the streets of Kilkenny to greet their four-in-a-row heroes.

With Tipperary now confirmed as Kilkenny’s All-Ireland rival contenders come September 6, Kilkenny senior hurling manager Brian Cody is as cool as ever.

Fans and supporters of Kilkenny coach, Brian Cody are waiting with bated breath for the release of his new autobiography, Cody, on September 28 next.

Following Kilkenny’s magnificent display in Croke Park this year, Brian Cody’ s new book Cody must be the most eagerly anticipated sporting book of the year and it is to be made available early to ploughers next week.

Brian Cody was hailed as the celebrity coach that he is on Monday night last at the launch of his new autobiography Cody, when some 1,300 fans turned out to greet him at Cillin Hill.

The Kilkenny senior hurling team is to be celebrated later tonight (Friday) at a special reception hosted by the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese.

Kilkenny have broken Galway hearts many times over the years but Galway have also damaged the Black and Amber, including when they beat them in both the 2001 and 2005 All-Ireland hurling semi-finals.