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11th May 2019

Brian Cody goes berserk at Dublin mentor after he catches quick Kilkenny free

Jack O'Toole

Kilkenny hurling manager Brian Cody was livid with Dublin selector Greg Kennedy for interfering with a short free.

Kennedy ran in front of an unmarked forward to intercept the ball before the referee dismissed him to the sideline where he copped a spray from a very agitated Cody.

Kilkenny won the match 2-23 to 1-21 with TJ Reid clocking up a personal haul of 2-12 with former cat J.J. Delaney praising him as the clear man of the match.

“Each to a man they stood up to the mark,” Delaney said on Sky Sports after the match.

“I would love to know what Brian said at half-time because they came out for the second-half a different team. They nullified the Liam Rushe threat and Padraig Walsh was brilliant at centre-back as well but from a Dublin point of view Eoghan O’Donnell had a great battle with Colin Fennelly, Chris Crummey had a good battle with Walter Walsh but for me TJ Reid was my man of the match.

“He was absolutely brilliant. His work rate in the first-half when he was the only one that really hurled well in the first-half but his workrate, his energy, his unselfishness was absolutely brilliant and then he got the scores in the second-half to cap it all off.”

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