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The Kilkenny hurlers head to Croke Park this Sunday on a mission to bring back the Bob O'Keeffe Cup for the 66th time. Wexford have been Kilkenny's challengers on Leinster final day for the past four seasons but this year there's new kids on the block, yes - the Dubs are back. Eighteen years have lapsed since the men in the sky blue shirts lined up behind the Artane Boys Band on Leinster final day.

Over 30,000 spectators looked on as Kilkenny received their second test of the season from Dublin before they ran out 2-18 to 0-18 winners of the Leinster hurling final.

A Double DVD called "A Day of Hurling Coaching, Tips and Advice" is now available to buy and features Brian Cody – Kilkenny senior hurling manager, Michael Dempsey – Kilkenny senior hurling trainer/selector and former Kilkenny U-21 hurling trainer and senior selector Martin Fogarty, George O’Connor – coaching officer & former Leinster & Wexford hurler. The DVD also includes interviews with James Meagher – Kilkenny U-21 hurling trainer, Pat Critchley – coaching officer & former Leinster & Laois hurler, Brian Ryan - Kilkenny minor hurling trainer and former Kilkenny U-21 hurling trainer and Adrian Finan – former Kilkenny U-21 hurling manager and club All-Ireland winning manager with James Stephens. There will also be contributions from several current and former Kilkenny players.

Rower-Inistioge’s Kieran Joyce won €500 worth of training gear for his GAA club at Parnell Park when he won the first ever Bord Gáis Energy Crossbar Challenge.  The event took place at half time during the Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling U-21 Leinster Final when the Cats were also successful in beating Dublin by four points to win the trophy for a second year in a row.

Kilkenny's winning margin against Wexford in the last two finals was an average of 17 points. A landslide victory I think is what you could call them. So with just two goals between the teams last Sunday it could be considered something of a close shave, but in truth despite the game effort from the Dubs the Cats were never going to lose this one.

From Ballyhale to Windgap and beyond there was no shortage of Kilkenny hurling fans at the recent Guinness hurling supporters night in Langton House Hotel, Kilkenny.

For the seventh time this decade the Kilkenny senior and minor hurlers will make a joint bid to get to their respective All-Ireland final when they line out this Sunday in Croke Park.

The GAA's ridiculous decision to sandwich in a football quarterfinal this Sunday between the minor and senior hurling semi-finals shows once again how little regard they have for the small ball. Surely they could have asked the footballers of Meath and Mayo to play on Saturday thus leaving the next day free for the hurling semi-finals.

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Last weekend’s action on the playing fields means that the football championships on either side of the Shannon have reached the quarter-final stages. While a lot of football has yet to be played before any silverware is handed out, things have become a lot clearer, now that we have reached the knock-out stage.