Kildare manager Brian Dowling after the
Dioralyte Walsh Cup First Round match between
Kildare and Galway was abandoned at Cedral St
Conleth’s Park in Newbridge, Kildare on January
4, 2026. Photo: Sam Barnes / Sportsfile.
Brian Cody’s Kilkenny team of the noughties will forever stand among the greatest hurling panels ever assembled. Year after year, line by line, some of the finest players the game has known fought relentlessly for a place in the starting fifteen, in a county overflowing with All-Ireland medals and elite talent. Survival alone was an…
